competence hearing (n)

n01200266

type n
lex_filenum 04
def a hearing to determine legal capacity (to determine whether the defendant can understand the charges and cooperate with a lawyer in preparing a defense)
Outgoing links
Hypernym hearing
Domain of synset - TOPIC law, jurisprudence
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Hyponym hearing
Member of this domain - TOPIC law, jurisprudence

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