mental capacity or competence

mental capacity or competence
Term contemplates the ability to understand the nature and effect of the act in which a person is engaged and the business he or she is transacting. Jones v. Traders & General Ins. Co., Tex.Civ.App., 144 S.W.2d 689, 694.
Such a measure of intelligence, understanding, memory, and judgment relative to the particular transaction (e.g. making of will or entering into contract) as will enable the person to understand the nature, terms, and effect of his or her act. Conley v. Nailor, 118 U.S. 127, 6 S.Ct. 1001, 30 L.Ed. 112.
See also capacity

Black's law dictionary. . 1990.

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