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incompetence

incompetence : the state or fact of being incompetent compare competency

incompetent

incompetent

commitment

to a prison or mental hospital [petition for ] compare incompetent, interdiction NOTE: Commitment to a mental health facility is called

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Voir dire

with respect to the questions put to him, when, if incompetency appears from his answers, he is rejected, and even if

Wills

time of the execution, or at any time afterwards, be incompetent to be admitted a witness to prove the execution thereof,

incapable

lacking legal qualification or power (as by reason of mental incompetence) see also incapacity

incompetency

incompetency : incompetence

legal

d : created by operation of esp. statutory law [ incompetence] [a presumption] compare conventional, judicial e : established by law

tenure

protects him or her from dismissal except for reasons of incompetence, gross misconduct, or financial necessity te·nur·ial [te-nyr-ē-əl] adj te·nur·ial·ly [-ə-lē]

Burden of proof

of proof is sometimes upon the defendant to show his incompetence, Webster's Dictionary of Law, Indian Edn. (2005), p. 61.

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