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Home Dictionary Name: incapacityIncapacity
Incapacity, means (1) Lack of physical or mental capabilities (2) Lack of ability to have certain legal consequences attach to one's actions. For ex. a five-year old has an incapacity to make binding contract (3) Disability, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 764....
incapacity
incapacity pl: -ties 1 : the quality or state of being incapable ;esp : lack of legal qualifications due to age or mental condition compare capacity 2 : the inability of an injured worker to perform the duties required in a job for which he or she is qualified compare disability ...
ward
ward 1 : a division of a city for representative, electoral, or administrative purposes 2 a : a person who by reason of incapacity (as minority or incompetency) is under the control of a guardian b : a person who by reason of incapacity is under the protection of a court either directly or through a guardian appointed by the court called also ward of the court compare interdict ward·ship n ...
Ill health
Ill health, any disorder in health which incapacitates an individual from discharging the duties en-trusted to him or affects his work adversely or comes in the way of his normal and effective functioning can be covered by the said phrase. The phrase has also to be construed from the point of view of the consumers of the concerned products and services. If on account of a workman's disease or incapacity or debility in functioning, the resultant product or the service is likely to be affected in any way or to become a risk to the health, life or property of the consumer, the disease or incapacity has to be categorised as ill-health for the purpose of the said sub-clause. Otherwise, the purpose of production for which the services of the workman are engaged will be frustrated and worse still in cases such as the present one they will endanger the lives and the property of the consumers. The phrase would include cases of drivers who have developed a defective or sub-normal vision or eyesi...
Impotent, Impotency
Impotent, Impotency, a party is impotent if his or her mental or physical condition makes cons-ummation of the marriage a practical impossibility. The condition must be one, according to the statute, which existed at the time of the marriage and continued to be so until the institution of the pro-ceedings. Impotency means incapacity to consum-mate the marriage and not merely incapacity for procreation (Indian Divorce Act, s. 19). In order to entitle the appellant to obtain a decree of nullity, as prayed for by him, he will have to establish that his wife, was impotent at the time of the marriage and continued to be so until the institution of the proceedings, Digvijay Singhji v. Pratap Kumari, (1969) 2 SCC 279: AIR 1970 SC 137 (138). [Hindu Marriage Act, 1955, s. 12(1) (a)]...
Regency
Regency, a temporary monarchy--the rule of a person appointed to administer a kingdom during the incapacity, minority, or absence of the sovereign. The (English) Regency Act, 1937 (1 Edw. 8 & 1 Geo. 6, c. 16), provides for the person next in line of succession to the Crown, if qualified, to be the 'Regent' during the minority or incapacity of the Sovereign.The office or jurisdiction of a regent or body of regents, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn....
assault
assault [Old French assaut, literally, attack, ultimately from Latin assultus, from assilire to leap (on), attack] 1 : the crime or tort of threatening or attempting to inflict immediate offensive physical contact or bodily harm that one has the present ability to inflict and that puts the victim in fear of such harm or contact compare battery 2 : the crime of assault accompanied by battery ;specif : sexual assault in this entry called also assault and battery aggravated assault : a criminal assault accompanied by aggravating factors: as a : a criminal assault that is committed with an intent to cause or that causes serious bodily injury esp. through the use of a dangerous weapon b : a criminal assault accompanied by the intent to commit or the commission of a felony (as rape) compare simple assault in this entry assault with intent : a criminal assault committed with the intent to commit another specified crime [assault with intent to rob] [assault with intent to kill] civ...
capacity
capacity pl: -ties 1 : a qualification, power, or ability (as to give consent or make a testament) created by operation of law 2 : an individual's ability or aptitude ;esp : mental ability as it relates to responsibility for the commission of a crime (as murder) see also diminished capacity compare competency, incapacity, insanity ...
disability
disability pl: -ties 1 : inability to pursue an occupation because of a physical or mental impairment ;specif : inability to engage in any substantial gainful activity because of a medically determinable physical or mental impairment that can be expected to result in death or to be of long continued or indefinite duration in accordance with the Social Security Act see also benefit Americans with Disabilities Act in the Important Laws section compare incapacity, occupational disease 2 : lack of legal qualification to do something [a minor's ] ...
incapable
incapable : lacking legal qualification or power (as by reason of mental incompetence) see also incapacity ...
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