Incompetence - Law Dictionary Search Results
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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