competent legal authority

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• competent — com·pe·tent / käm pə tənt/ adj 1: having or showing requisite or adequate ability or qualities a competent lawyer competent representation by counsel 2 a: free from addiction or mental defect that renders one incapable of taking care of oneself… …   Law dictionary

• competent — ► ADJECTIVE 1) having the necessary skill or knowledge to do something successfully. 2) satisfactory or adequate, though not outstanding: she spoke quite competent French. 3) having legal authority to deal with a particular matter. DERIVATIVES… …   English terms dictionary

• competent — Duly qualified; answering all requirements; having sufficient capacity, ability or authority; possessing the requisite physical, mental, natural or legal qualifications; able; adequate; suitable; sufficient; capable; legally fit. A testator may… …   Black's law dictionary

• competent — Duly qualified; answering all requirements; having sufficient capacity, ability or authority; possessing the requisite physical, mental, natural or legal qualifications; able; adequate; suitable; sufficient; capable; legally fit. A testator may… …   Black's law dictionary

• Authority — In politics, authority (Latin auctoritas , used in Roman law as opposed to potestas and imperium ) is often used interchangeably with the term power . However, their meanings differ: while power refers to the ability to achieve certain ends,… …   Wikipedia

• competent — adjective 1》 having the necessary ability or knowledge to do something successfully.     ↘acceptable and satisfactory: he spoke quite competent French. 2》 (of a court or other body) having legal authority to deal with a particular matter.… …   English new terms dictionary

• Competent tribunal — is a term used Article 5 paragraph 2 of the Third Geneva Convention, which states: Should any doubt arise as to whether persons, having committed a belligerent act and having fallen into the hands of the enemy, belong to any of the categories… …   Wikipedia

• competent authority — An authority designated under Schedule 8 to the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 as responsible for performing those functions under the Act or an authority exercising functions corresponding to those functions under the laws of another… …   Law dictionary

• AUTHORITY, RABBINICAL — AUTHORITY, RABBINICAL, the authority of the halakhic scholars in maintaining the creativeness and development of Jewish law, by means of its legal sources. Development of the Law An important tenet of Judaism and a guiding principle of the… …   Encyclopedia of Judaism

• LEGAL AND JUDICIAL SYSTEM — UNDER THE OTTOMAN EMPIRE (1876–1917) Judiciary Throughout the period from the promulgation of the Ottoman Constitution of 1876 until the present time there have been both secular and religious courts exercising jurisdiction in the territory of… …   Encyclopedia of Judaism

• Competent authority — A competent authority is any person or organization that has the legally delegated or invested authority, capacity, or power to perform a designated function. similarly, once an authority is delegated to perform a certain act, only the competent… …   Wikipedia