Definition for IN-COM'PE-TENCE, or IN-COM'PE-TEN-CY

IN-COM'PE-TENCE, or IN-COM'PE-TEN-CY, n. [Fr. incompetence, from incompetent.]

  1. Inability; want of sufficient intellectual powers or talents; as, the incompetency of infants or idiots.
  2. Want of natural adequate strength of body or of suitable faculties; as, the incompetency of the eyes to discern the motions of the heavenly bodies.
  3. Want of legal or constitutional qualifications; as, the incompetency of a witness.
  4. Want of adequate means.
  5. Insufficiency; inadequacy; as, the incompetency of testimony.

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