INCAPACITY

incapacity

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incapacity. 1. Lack of physical or mental capabilities. 2. Lack of ability to have certain legal consequences attach to one’s actions. • For example, a five-year-old has an incapacity to make a binding contract. 3. DISABILITY (1). 4. DISABILITY(2). Cf. INCOMPETENCY. testimonial incapacity. The lack of capacity to testify. [Cases: Witnesses 35. C.J.S. Witnesses §§ […]

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incapacity

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incapacity n. 无能力；能力欠缺 指法律能力、身体能力或智慧能力〔legal, physical, or intellectual capacity〕等方面不充分，缺乏为某事或处理某事的能力、权力的状态，具体所指应依语境而定。其含义与「capacity」一词相反，与「disability」一词相同。 (→incompetency; mental incapacity; physical incapacity)

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