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
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COMPOS MENTIS
Sound of mind. Having use and control of one's mental faculties. See non compos mentis. … [Read more...] about COMPOS MENTIS
COMPETENT EVIDENCE
See also competency, this term refers to evidence that is legally admissible and competent because it tends to prove the matter in dispute, for example, a murder weapon with the defendant's DNA. … [Read more...] about COMPETENT EVIDENCE
COMPOS SUI
Having the use of one's limbs, or the power of bodily motion. Si fuit ita compos sui quod itinerate potuit de loco in locum, if he had so far the use of his limbs as to be able to travel from place to place. Bract, fol. 14b. … [Read more...] about COMPOS SUI
COMPETENT WITNESS
One who is legally qualified to be heard to testify in a cause. In Kentucky, Michigan, and Missouri, a will must be attested, for the purpose of passing lands, by competent witnesses; but if wholly written by the testator, in Kentucky, it need not be so attested. See Attesting witness; Credible witness; Disinterested witness; Respectable witness; and Witness. … [Read more...] about COMPETENT WITNESS