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  • 21competent — competently, adv. /kom pi teuhnt/, adj. 1. having suitable or sufficient skill, knowledge, experience, etc., for some purpose; properly qualified: He is perfectly competent to manage the bank branch. 2. adequate but not exceptional. 3. Law. (of a …

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  • 22competent witness — A person qualified to testify under oath; a person who meets the test of age, mental power, religious belief, and capacity to understand the nature and obligation of an oath. Lemer v Bryan, 184 NC 282, 114 SE 6, 26 ALR 1488. A credible witness;… …

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  • 23competent — com•pe•tent [[t]ˈkɒm pɪ tənt[/t]] adj. 1) having suitable or sufficient skill, knowledge, experience, etc., for some purpose 2) adequate but not exceptional 3) law (esp. of a witness) qualified as to age, soundness of mind, or the like •… …

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  • 24competent attesting witness — One legally competent, as of the time of the attestation and as determined by the substantive law of wills, to testify in a court of justice the facts which he attests by signing his name to the will as a subscribing witness, not being… …

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  • 25competent — [ˈkɒmpɪtənt] adj 1) capable of doing something well 2) good enough, but not extremely good Ant: incompetent competently adv …

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  • 26competent and omitted — The term is applied to a plea which might have been interposed, but was not …

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  • 27The World Is Not Enough (song) — Infobox Single Name = The World Is Not Enough Artist = Garbage from Album = The World Is Not Enough B side = Ice Bandits Released = October 11, 1999 (US) November 15, 1999 UK December 7, 1999 (EU) Format = CD maxi, CD single, Cassette single… …

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  • 28one not legally competent — index minor Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …

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  • 29Do Not Attempt Resuscitation order — DNAR order an instruction, usually made by a patient while mentally competent and recorded in their notes, requesting the doctor to desist from performing resuscitation in the event of heart failure. In the past, elderly patients have often been… …

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  • 30incapable of — not able to, not competent enough to …

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