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Necessaries

and delivered to an infant or to a person who, by reason of mental incapacity or drunkenness, is incompetent to contract, he must pay a reasonable price therefor.' [(English) Sale of Goods Act, 1893, s. 2] While

Marriage

to the ex loci contractus, is wont to recognize them as valid in England, provided the parties, being incompetent to marry in England, have not married abroad to evade those restrictions. As to children, legitimated 'per subsequens

Infamous conduct in a professional respect

Council to denote contraventions of the practice of the profession, such as advertising as well as disgraceful or incompetent conduct; see Medical Act, 1858 (21 & 22 Vict. c. 90), s. 29.

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Imperitia

to liability in tort or liability under a contract calling for the rendering of services. Imperitus denoted an incompetent judge, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 756.

Criminal Evidence Act

the proceedings. The Evidence Acts, 1851 and 1853, whichmade parties and spouses admissible witnesses (they having been previously incompetent on the groundof interest), expressly excepted criminal proceedings from its opertion; but a series of enactments dealing with

Jus personarum

another (such as parents and children or guardians and wards) or having limited rights (such as aliens or incompetent persons), Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 866.

Colourable

legislative power or, more frightfully, fraud on the Constitution, are expressions which merely mean that the legislature is incompetent to enact a particular law although the label of competency is stuck on it, and then it is

habeas corpus

as, for example, to challenge a person's custody of a child or the institutionalization of a person declared incompetent. habeas corpus ad tes·ti·fi·can·dum [-ad-tes-ti-fi-kan-dəm, -Ä d-tes-tē-fē-kÄ n-dm] [New Latin, literally, you should have the body for testifying]

Inefficacious

Not efficacious not having power to produce the effect desired inadequate incompetent inefficient impotent

competent

criminal defendant and the nature of the criminal proceedings and able to participate in one's defense compare capacity, incompetent, insanity 3 : legally qualified or adequate: as a : having the necessary power or authority [a judge

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