capable or proficient, possessing the skill required to perform an action proficiently Regulation 38C requires scaffolding to be erected by competent workmen possessing adequate experience of such work. competence (n)

properly or sufficiently qualified or capable or efficient; "a competent typist"

adequate for the purpose; "a competent performance"

Means a person is capable of making informed decisions in specific areas regarding the conduct of one's personal and/or financial affairs. Family - Parent, foster parents, spouses, siblings, and others who perform the roles and functions of family members in the life of an individual, including persons in a relationship of mutual support with an individual that is exclusive and expected to endure over time.

Capable (or incapable) to fulfill its function.

Legally qualified, such as being of legal age and mentally sane to enter into contracts.

Legally qualified or fit to perform an act. Able to distinguish right from wrong and to manage one's affairs.

Able to take up exogenous DNA and thereby be transformed.

A legal concept that describes people who are able to make decisions for themselves. Minors are presumed to be incompetent, except under certain specified conditions. The corollary medical-ethical term is decisional capacity.

adequately qualified, suitably trained and sufficiently experienced to perform the work safely familiar with the intent of the applicable legislation, knowledgeable of the potential risk or actual danger to health and safety and aware of the means to control or eliminate the hazards while performing the job

Legally qualified; capable of contracting.

A person who can understand and communicate. And, who can understand that s/he has to tell the truth.

Legal ability to make decisions and enter into contracts.

L. competentia - meeting together, agreement, symmetry]. Displaying competence. (The technical use of the term here follows the normal English sense of being able or fit.) Dorsal neural ectoderm in amphibian embryos consists of competent cells which if induced can form the neural plate.

A term for a buyer who is legally fit to enter into a sales contract.

Able to make decisions. The court may decide if a person is competent or incompetent. If someone is incompetent, the court may appoint a legal guardian.

(1) Capable of doing a certain thing. (2) Having capacity to understand and act reasonably.

refers to “mentally competent”; in this pamphlet it means that a person is able to understand financial and legal matters and has the ability to make decisions

A person who is legally qualified, or capable of signing binding contracts. (See capable parties.)