Incompetent definition

Incompetent means an individual who is incapable of taking care of the individual’s self or property because of a mental or physical illness or disability, mental retardation, or senility.
Incompetent means a person who is incapable of managing his own affairs, as determined by the Board or by a court of competent jurisdiction;
Incompetent means an individual who is incapable of handling his or her business affairs because of a legal, mental or medically-established phys- ical disability, except that a minor is not an incompetent solely because of age.

Examples of Incompetent in a sentence

  • Engel, Making Gifts from the Estate Of an Incompetent: The Substitution of Judgment Doctrine, 9 Wake Forest L.

  • Incompetent lower esophageal sphincter and gastroesophageal reflux in recurrent acute pulmonary disease of infancy and childhood.

  • Incompetent performance within any major category on the evaluation of competency.

  • Incompetent agents can only earn a positive payoff by breaching contracts with competent agents.

  • The doctor should also note their decision in the patient’s records explaining their intentions and the reasons for it.• Incompetence: Incompetent patients may not, as a matter of law, give an informed consent.


More Definitions of Incompetent

Incompetent means incompetent as defined in section 633.3.
Incompetent means the condition of any person who has been adjudicated by a court to meet at least one of the following conditions:
Incompetent means lacking the ability, based on reasonable medical judgment, to understand and appreciate the nature and consequences of a treatment decision, including the significant benefits and harms of and reasonable alternatives to a proposed treatment decision.
Incompetent means unable, from any cause whatever, to perform efficiently the duty of the person in relation to which the word is used and “incompetence” has corresponding meaning;
Incompetent means the same as defined in section 1(1) of the PGA [Definitions and interpretation].
Incompetent or "incompetency" means the present inability of a person arrested for or charged with a crime to understand the nature of the charges and proceedings brought against him or her and to effectively and rationally assist in his or her defense;
Incompetent means a person in respect of whom a custodian or curator has been appointed by any court having jurisdiction, whether in Belize or elsewhere, in matters concerning mental disorder;