legal capacity
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legal capacity — ➔ capacity * * * legal capacity UK US noun [U] LAW ► the legal right of a person or company to make particular decisions, have particular responsibilities, etc.: legal capacity to do sth »A person who has reached the age of 18 has the legal… … Financial and business terms
legal capacity — noun : the capability and power under law of a person to occupy a particular status or relationship with another or to engage in a particular undertaking or transaction by giving the organization legal capacity Internat l Court of… … Useful english dictionary
legal capacity to sue — n. The right to bring a lawsuit; the condition of being of sound mind, being of legal age, and suffering from no legal restraints or other impediments to bringing a lawsuit. The Essential Law Dictionary. Sphinx Publishing, An imprint of… … Law dictionary
legal capacity — ability to perform legal activities and bear legal responsibility … English contemporary dictionary
legal capacity and guardianship law — law which deals with the legal status of minors and those who underwent faulty court proceedings … English contemporary dictionary
legal capacity — The ability to make contracts, conveyances, mortgages, etc. which are binding and beyond nullification for disability of the person arising from infancy, mental incompetency, etc. Pratt v Northern Pacific Express Co. 13 Idaho 373, 90 P 341 … Ballentine's law dictionary
Age of Legal Capacity (Scotland) Act 1991 — Infobox UK Legislation short title=Age of Legal Capacity (Scotland) Act 1991 parliament=United Kingdom Parliament long title=An Act to make provision in the law of Scotland as to the legal capacity of persons under the age of 18 years to enter… … Wikipedia
want of legal capacity — index disability (legal disqualifica tion) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
capacity — ca·pac·i·ty n pl ties 1: a qualification, power, or ability (as to give consent or make a testament) created by operation of law 2: an individual s ability or aptitude; esp: mental ability as it relates to responsibility for the commission of a… … Law dictionary
legal — le·gal / lē gəl/ adj [Latin legalis, from leg lex law] 1: of or relating to law or the processes of law a legal question take legal action 2 a: deriving authority from or founded on law a legal tariff rate a legal government … Law dictionary
