Competence Hearing
nounid
27349·updated May 18, 2026verified
a hearing to determine legal capacity i.e. to determine whether the defendant can understand the charges and cooperate with a lawyer in preparing a defense
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Classifications
Entity Type
Unknown—glossary_import_default_pending_classifier
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unclassified
Information Class
unclassified
Variants
- plural
- Competence Hearings
- possessive
- Competence Hearing's
- pluralpossessive
- Competence Hearings'
Framework definitions
- §1
- a hearing to determine legal capacity i.e. to determine whether the defendant can understand the charges and cooperate with a lawyer in preparing a defense
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