legal capacity

noun

Definitions

  1. The ability of a person to make binding amendments to their rights, duties and…

    The ability of a person to make binding amendments to their rights, duties and obligations, such as getting married or merging, entering into contracts, making gifts, or writing a valid will.

    • The petition asks that the Supreme Court determine whether […] a disabled person has the right to be represented by the legal counsel of her choice in court proceedings that determine her legal capacity.

The neighborhood

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No curated loop yet for legal capacity. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA