Competency - Law Dictionary Search Results
restraint of trade
: an act, fact, or means of curbing the free flow of commerce or trade [covenant not to compete with an employer after leaving is in restraint of trade and must be reasonable to be enforced] 2
disability
State of being disabled deprivation or want of ability absence of competent physical intellectual or moral power means fitness and the like
Dissolve
To separate into competent parts to disorganize to break up hence to bring to an end by separating the parts sundering a
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Divorce
A legal dissolution of the marriage contract by a court or other body having competent authority This is properly a divorce and called technically divorce a vinculo matrimonii
game show
a television program in which contestants compete for awards The contestants are members of the public selected to participate on the show and not employed
Independent
One who believes that an organized Christian church is complete in itself competent to self government and independent of all ecclesiastical authority
intestable
Not capable of making a will not legally qualified or competent to make a testament
jock
a person trained to compete in sports an athlete
restrictive covenant
be privity between the original parties and between the original and subsequent grantee. 2 : covenant not to compete [restrictive covenants unenforceable upon physicians "Annotated Laws of Massachusetts"] NOTE: A restrictive covenant in a work contract must
res judicata
of action between the same parties and their privies after a final judgment on the merits by a competent tribunal or after some other final determination having the same effect [res judicata precludes only subsequent suits on
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