Competent
51competent person — A capable person; a person legally qualified by age and mental capacity. See competent attesting witness; competent witness …
52competent witness — A person qualified to testify under oath; a person who meets the test of age, mental power, religious belief, and capacity to understand the nature and obligation of an oath. Lemer v Bryan, 184 NC 282, 114 SE 6, 26 ALR 1488. A credible witness;… …
53Competent Authority — The London Stock Exchange, which has been designated as the competent authority under the Financial Services Act 1986 for the purpose of regulating companies which are seeking an official listing. Dresdner Kleinwort Wasserstein financial glossary …
54competent attesting witness — One legally competent, as of the time of the attestation and as determined by the substantive law of wills, to testify in a court of justice the facts which he attests by signing his name to the will as a subscribing witness, not being… …
55competent tribunal — See competent court …
56competent — A bacterial cell that can take up free DNA fragments and incorporate them into its genome during transformation …
57competent — Synonyms and related words: OK, able, absolute, acceptable, actionable, adapted, adept, adequate, adjusted, all right, ample, applicable, ascendant, au fait, authoritarian, authoritative, authorized, autocratic, barely sufficient, capable,… …
58competent — com|pe|tent Mot Agut Adjectiu invariable …
59competént — adj. m., pl. competénţi; f. sg. competéntã, pl. competénte …
60competent — I (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Capable] Syn. fit, qualified, skilled; see able 1 , 2 . 2. [Adequate] Syn. sufficient, satisfactory, acceptable; see enough 1 , fair 2 . 3. [Legally qualified] Syn. responsible, accountable, duly constituted, sane, of… …
