The term competent is used in various legal contexts, including procedure, evidence, and employment. More generally, it refers to the ability to act in the circumstances, including the ability to perform a job or occupation, the capacity to...
juvenile law
compos mentis
Compos mentis is Latin for “having control/mastery of one’s mind.” The term is used to describe individuals who are of sound mind; those who are mentally competent and capable of managing their own affairs; those who have use of and control...
consent
Consent means that a person voluntarily and willfully agrees in response to another person's proposition. The person who consents must possess sufficient mental capacity. Consent also requires the absence of coercion, fraud or error. Consent...
conservatee
A conservatee is a person deemed incompetent by a court and, therefore, a court appointed conservator handles their financial and/or other daily life affairs. The roles of conservator and conservatee follow from the legal concept of...
conservator
A conservator is an individual who handles the financial or daily life affairs of a conservatee, or a party deemed incompetent by a court. The roles of conservator and conservatee follow from the legal concept of conservatorship which is...
conservatorship
A conservatorship is the appointment of a conservator by the court to manage a person’s affairs who is unable to handle them due to their mental capacity, age, or physical disability. The person under the conservatorship is referred to as “...
contutor
A contutor is a court appointed (i.e. by court order) or testamentary joint guardian of a ward. A ward is a person who cannot properly take care of themselves because of their age or legal incompetence. A person is legally incompetent when he...
correctional program
A correctional program is typically a rehabilitation program for incarcerated criminal offenders. Correctional programs may include employment training and education services to assist offenders in overcoming their past, and to aid in their...
curator
A curator is a conservator; a guardian; one appointed as an agent or manager of a minor or a person who is mentally incompetent.
A curator ad litem is a guardian ad litem.
The person in charge of a museum,...
custodial interference
Custodial interference refers to a parent breaking court determined custodial instructions. This can be as major as taking a child from the sole custodian or as minimal as calling a child more than directed. Custodial interference is a crime...