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(ability) noun
admissibility, applicability, appositiveness, appropriateness, aptitude, aptness, competence, expedience, faculty, felicity, instinct, propriety, seemliness, skill, suitableness
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(relevancy) noun
acceptability, admissibility, advisability, capability, capacity, compatibility, competency, congruity, correctness, correspondence, desirability, due, efficiency, eligibility, expedience, pertinence, propriety, qualification, worthiness
associated concepts: fitness for a particular purpose under product liability theories
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index
ability, admissibility, aptitude, competence (ability), expedience, faculty (ability), health, instinct, propriety (appropriateness), timeliness
Burton's Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006
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The ability of a prospective adoptive parent to provide for the best interests of a child the parent wishes to adopt. A court may consider many aspects of the prospective parents' lives in evaluating their fitness to adopt a child, including financial stability, marital stability, career obligations, other children, physical and mental health, and criminal history.Category: Divorce & Family Law
Nolo’s Plain-English Law Dictionary. Gerald N. Hill, Kathleen Thompson Hill. 2009.
