competency 音标拼音: [k'ɑmpətɪnsi]
n . 胜任;资格;能力
胜任;资格;能力
competency n 1 :
the quality of being adequately or well qualified physically and intellectually [
synonym : {
competence },
{
competency }] [
ant : {
incompetence }, {
incompetency }]
Competence \
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Competency \
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n . [
Cf .
F .
comp ['
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tence ,
from L .
competentia agreement .]
1 .
The state of being competent ;
fitness ;
ability ;
adequacy ;
power .
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1913 Webster ]
The loan demonstrates ,
in regard to instrumental resources ,
the competency of this kingdom to the assertion of the common cause . --
Burke .
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To make them act zealously is not in the competence of law . --
Burke .
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2 .
Property or means sufficient for the necessaries and conveniences of life ;
sufficiency without excess .
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Reason '
s whole pleasure ,
all the joys of sense ,
Lie in three words --
health ,
peace ,
and competence .
--
Pope .
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Superfluity comes sooner by white hairs ,
but competency lives longer . --
Shak .
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3 . (
Law )
(
a )
Legal capacity or qualifications ;
fitness ;
as ,
the competency of a witness or of a evidence .
(
b )
Right or authority ;
legal power or capacity to take cognizance of a cause ;
as ,
the competence of a judge or court . --
Kent .
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1913 Webster ]
5 .
the quality of being adequately or well qualified physically and intellectually ,
especially possession of the skill and knowledge required (
for a task ).
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WordNet 1 .
5 PJC ]
COMPETENCY ,
evidence .
The legal fitness or ability of a witness to be heard on the trial of a cause .
This term is also applied to written or other evidence which may be legally given on such trial ,
as ,
depositions ,
letters ,
account -
books ,
and the like .
2 .
Prima facie every person offered is a competent witness ,
and must be received ,
unless Lis incompetency (
q .
v .)
appears .
9 State Tr .
652 .
3 .
There is a difference between competency and credibility .
A witness may be competent ,
and ,
on examination ,
his story may be so contradictory and improbable that he may not be believed ;
on the contrary he may be incompetent ,
and yet be perfectly credible if he were examined .
4 .
The court are the sole judges of the competency of a witness ,
and may ,
for the purpose of deciding whether the witness is or is not competent ,
ascertain all the facts necessary to form a judgment .
Vide 8 Watts ,
R .
227 ;
and articles Credibility ;
Incompetency ;
Interest ;
Witness .
5 .
In the French law ,
by competency is understood the right in a court to exercise jurisdiction in a particular case ;
as ,
where the ,
law gives jurisdiction to the court when a thousand francs shall be in dispute ,
the court is competent if ,
the sum demanded is a thousand francs or upwards ,
although the plaintiff may ultimately recover less .
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