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Commentary Index | Return to PrayerRequest.com | DownloadNoah Webster Dictionary (1913 edition): Competency
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(1):
(n.) Right or authority; legal power or capacity to take cognizance of a cause; as, the competence of a judge or court.
(2):
(n.) Legal capacity or qualifications; fitness; as, the competency of a witness or of a evidence.
(3):
(n.) The state of being competent; fitness; ability; adequacy; power.
(4):
(n.) Property or means sufficient for the necessaries and conveniences of life; sufficiency without excess.