Capacity
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia · John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia
Ability, power, qualification, or competency of persons, natural or artificial, for the performance of civil acts depending on their state or condition as defined or fixed by law; as, the capacity to devise, to bequeath, to convey lands; or to take and hold lands; to make a contract, and the like.
2 Com. Dig. 294.
CAPAX DO LI (Lat. capable of committing crime). The condition of one who has sufficient mind and understanding to be made responsible for his actions. See 'Discretion.