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Qualifies in every respect. Has not broken or violated any rule. Has fulfilled all requirements. … [Read more...] about COMPLIANT

In the law of evidence. The presence of those characteristics, or the absence of those disabilities, which render a witness legally fit and qualified to give testimony in a court of Justice. The term is also applied, in the same sense, to documents or other written evidence. Competency differs from credibility. The former is a question which arises before considering the … [Read more...] about COMPETENCY

One who is united with others in an ill design; an associate; a confederate; an accomplice. … [Read more...] about COMPLICE

Duly qualified; answering all requirements; adequate; suitable; sufficient; capable; legally fit. Competent and omitted. In Scotch practice. A term applied to a plea which might have been urged by a party during the dependence of a cause, but which had been omitted. Bell. Competent authority. As applied to courts and public officers, this term imports jurisdiction and due legal … [Read more...] about COMPETENT

Sound of mind. Having use and control of one's mental faculties. See non compos mentis. … [Read more...] about COMPOS MENTIS