incapacity Definition
in·ca·pac·ity (in′kə pas′i tē)
noun
- lack of capacity, power, or fitness; disability
- legal ineligibility or disqualification
Etymology: Fr incapacité < ML incapacitas
incapacity Synonyms
incapacity Law Definition
n
- A lack of physical or mental ability or standing.
- Inability to take actions that are legally effective, such as signing a contract, due to age, mental status, or other factors.
incapacity Usage Examples
Possessives
- granter: This ensures that powers that continue on the granter's incapacity can only be granted by opting into the provisions in the Act.
- donor: Do attorneys have to supply evidence of the donor's mental incapacity?
Converse of object
- claim: At present, 2.7 million people are eligible to claim Incapacity Benefit at a cost of £ 7 billion.
- reform: It is driving forward ambitious proposals to reform Incapacity Benefits and the delivery of public services for disabled people.
- receive: Does anyone know the regulations about how many hours you may work if you are receiving Incapacity Benefit?
- get: For example, you cannot get Incapacity Benefit once you are five years over state pension age.
- assess: The previous administration tightened up the procedure for assessing incapacity when Invalidity Benefit was replaced by Incapacity Benefit in 1995.
Preposition: for
work: Usually for the first 28 weeks of incapacity for work we will assess your ability to carry out your own job.
Adjective modifier
- mental: For people who suffer from mental incapacity the time may never start to run.
- short-term: Short-term Incapacity Benefit at the higher rate Paid if you have been sick for more than 28 weeks and less than 52 weeks.
- utter: And its acceptance by the Higher Critics is proof of their utter incapacity in dealing with evidence.
- permanent: Where permanent incapacity is not certified for a current employe, the employer will have to decide whether or not to terminate employment.
- long-term: This may mean no long-term Incapacity Benefit Age Addition is payable.
- physical: Application to vote by proxy due to physical incapacity.
Modifies a noun
- benefit: Stress is now the largest cause of new claims for incapacity benefit from people saying they are too sick to work.
- claimant: The Northern Way Business Plan for instance sets aside £ 12 million for programs focused on getting incapacity benefit claimants back into work.
- recipient: Nearly one-fifth of the working age population in Glasgow, Manchester and Liverpool are on benefits as lone parents or incapacity benefit recipients.
- reform: Simon Osborne updates on the rumors of incapacity benefit reform, and attempts to identify what is really likely to happen.
- bill: A draft Bill the " Mental Incapacity Bill " is likely to be introduced soon to Parliament.
- legislation: This included reference to the recent Adults with Incapacity legislation.
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