INCOM'PETENCE

INCOM'PETENCY, noun

1. Inability; want of sufficient intellectual powers or talents; as the incompetency of infants or idiots.

2. Want of natural adequate strength of body or of suitable faculties; as the incompetency of the eyes to discern the motions of the heavenly bodies.

3. Want of legal or constitutional qualifications; as the incompetency of a witness.

4. Want of adequate means.

5. Insufficiency; inadequacy; as the incompetency of testimony.