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legal capacities

legal capacities is the plural of legal capacity.

Meaning of legal capacity

Noun

legal capacity (countable and uncountable, plural legal capacities)

  1. The ability of a person to make binding amendments to their rights, duties and obligations, such as getting married or merging, entering into contracts, making gifts, or writing a valid will.
    • The petition asks that the Supreme Court determine whether […] a disabled person has the right to be represented by the legal counsel of her choice in court proceedings that determine her legal capacity.1986 February 15, Stephanie Poggi, “Disabled Rights Issues Raised in Kowalski Case”, in Gay Community News, volume 13, number 31, page 1

Questions about legal capacities

What is legal capacities the plural of?
Legal capacities is the plural of legal capacity.

Words near legal capacities in the dictionary

  1. legal assistants
  2. legal beagle
  3. legal beagles
  4. legal blindness
  5. legal cap
  6. legal capacities
  7. legal capacity
  8. legal certainty
  9. legal chemistry
  10. legal code
  11. legal codes

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