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Definition of Incompetent person
1. Noun. Someone who is not competent to take effective action.
Generic synonyms: Unskilled Person
Specialized synonyms: Blunderer, Botcher, Bumbler, Bungler, Butcher, Fuckup, Fumbler, Sad Sack, Stumbler, Slouch
Lexicographical Neighbors of Incompetent Person
Literary usage of Incompetent person
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. New Probate Law and Practice: With Annotations and Forms for Use in Alaska by William Smithers Church, Curtis Hillyer (1920)
"Petition for appointment of guardian of incompetent person. § 166. Form. ...
Notice of sale of real estate by guardian of incompetent person. § 170. Form. ..."
2. Lawyers' Reports Annotated by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company (1916)
"... under circumstances whieh may result in offspring, under penalty of imprisonment.1*
And it seems that the marriage of a mentally incompetent person is ..."
3. The Code of Civil Procedure of the State of California: Adopted March 11 by California, Charles Howard Fairall (1909)
"Jurisdiction of the court to administer the estate of such decedent, minor, or
incompetent person shall he effectual to vest such court and judge with ..."
4. Judicial and Statutory Definitions of Words and Phrases by West Publishing Company (1904)
"An incompetent person, unfit to manage his affairs, is a lunatic, though such
infirmity manifests Itself in weakness of mind only. In re Wells, 67 NY Supp. ..."
5. The Law of Evidence in Civil Cases by Burr W. Jones (1896)
"as to facts equally within the knowledge of the deceased or incompetent person,
makes this rule of no force in those jurisdictions. ..."
6. Forms of Pleading in Actions for Legal Or Equitable Relief: Prepared with by Austin Abbott, Carlos Coolidge Alden (1898)
"To Recover Money Paid to Defendant by an incompetent person. [Sustained in Riggs v.
American Tract Society, 84 NY 330.] I. That on or about the day of ,18 ..."
7. The New York Code of Civil Procedure: As it is January 1, 1903, with Notes by New York (State)., George Bliss, George Ansel Clement, New York (State). Court of Appeals, New York (State) (1907)
"Where the personal property, and the income of the real property, of the infant
or incompetent person, are together, insufficient for the payment of his ..."
8. Business Law: A Working Manual of Every-day Law by Thomas Conyngton (1920)
"In supplying necessaries to a minor or married woman the merchant should inquire (I)
whether the incompetent person is already provided; (2) whether he or ..."
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