incapacity to act
1Senior Judiciary (Vacancies and Incapacity) (Scotland) Act 2006 — The Senior Judiciary (Vacancies and Incapacity) (Scotland) Act 2006 is an Act of the Scottish Parliament passed in response to the incapacity of Arthur Hamilton, Lord Hamilton the Lord President of the Court of Session.It is intended to ensure… …
2incapacity — in·ca·pac·i·ty /ˌin kə pa sə tē/ n pl ties 1: the quality or state of being incapable; esp: lack of legal qualifications due to age or mental condition compare capacity 2: the inability of an injured worker to perform the duties required in a job …
3incapacity — Want of legal, physical, or intellectual capacity; want of power or ability to take or dispose; want of legal ability to act. Inefficiency; incompetency; lack of adequate power. The quality or state of being incapable, want of capacity, lack of… …
4incapacity — Want of legal, physical, or intellectual capacity; want of power or ability to take or dispose; want of legal ability to act. Inefficiency; incompetency; lack of adequate power. The quality or state of being incapable, want of capacity, lack of… …
5incapacity — In the broader meaning, physical or mental inability to act. In some contexts, confined to mental disability or incapability. Ellicott v Ellicott, 90 Md 321, 45 A 183 (incapacity to pursue a college education.) For the purposes of workmen s… …
6incapacity — /in keuh pas i tee/, n. 1. lack of ability, qualification, or strength; incapability. 2. Law. lack of the legal power to act in a specified way or ways. [1605 15; < LL incapacitas. See IN 3, CAPACITY] * * * …
7incapacity — in•ca•pac•i•ty [[t]ˌɪn kəˈpæs ɪ ti[/t]] n. 1) lack of ability, qualification, or strength; incapability 2) cvb law lack of legal power to act • Etymology: 1605–15; < LL …
8Ontario Substitute Decisions Act — The Substitute Decisions Act establishes the legal criteria determining when a person has the ability to make decisions that are fundamental to his/her well being. The ability to make these types of decisions is termed capacity and the decisions… …
9Welfare Reform Act 2007 — The Welfare Reform Act 2007 is a United Kingdom Act of Parliament to alter the British social security system. It was given royal assent on 3 May 2007 and comes into force from that date onwards. A number of sections come into force two months… …
10manifest incapacity — Obvious incapacity. In reference to a physician, a want of power to comprehend or to act, so obvious that no proof is necessary to establish it other than proof of the act or omission itself. Yoshizawa v Hewitt (CA9 Hawaii) 52 F2d 411, 79 ALR 317 …
