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competency - Meaning and Examples

Meaning of 'competency' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Competency [ n.]
- The state of being competent; fitness; ability; adequacy; power.
- Property or means sufficient for the necessaries and conveniences of life; sufficiency without excess.
- Legal capacity or qualifications; fitness; as, the competency of a witness or of a evidence.
- Right or authority; legal power or capacity to take cognizance of a cause; as, the competence of a judge or court.