Legal Dictionary of Pakistan
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beneficium competentiae
[Latin "privilege of competency"] Roman & Scots law. A debtor's right to be ordered to pay only as much as the debtor reasonably could, so that after assigning his or her estate to creditors, the debtor kept enough to live on. See assignment for the benefit of creditors under ASSIGNMENT.
competent
adj. Cf. COMPETENCY.
competent evidence
1. See admissible evidence. 2. See relevant evidence.
competent witness
. A witness who is legally qualified to testify. ( A lay witness who has personal knowledge of the subject matter of the testimony is competent to testify. Fed. R. Evid. 601-602.
court of competent jurisdiction
A court that has the power and authority to do a particular act; one recognized by law as possessing the right to adjudicate a controversy.
incompetent
adj. 1. (Of a witness) unqualified to testify. 2. (Of evidence) inadmissible. ( This sense is often criticized, as in the quotation below. "[Incompetent] is constantly used loosely as equivalent to 'inadmissible' on any ground. This use should be avoided." John H. Wigmore, A Students' Textbook of the Law of Evidence 36 (1935). incompetent evidence See EVIDENCE.
incompetent evidence
Evidence that is for any reason inadmissible.