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/kom"pi teuhn see/, n., pl. competencies.competence (defs. 1-4).[1585-95; ( < MF) < ML competentia suitability, competence (L: proportion). See COMPETENT, -CY]
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competency — In the law of evidence, the presence of those characteristics, or the absence of those disabilities, which render a witness legally fit and qualified to give testimony in a court of justice; applied, in the same sense, to documents or other… … Black's law dictionary
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