| NOUN | act | competence hearing | a hearing to determine legal capacity (to determine whether the defendant can understand the charges and cooperate with a lawyer in preparing a defense) |
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| Meaning | A hearing to determine legal capacity (to determine whether the defendant can understand the charges and cooperate with a lawyer in preparing a defense). | |
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| Category | law, jurisprudence | The collection of rules imposed by authority |
| Broader | hearing | (law) a proceeding (usually by a court) where evidence is taken for the purpose of determining an issue of fact and reaching a decision based on that evidence |
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