Competere
A New Law Dictionary and Glossary · Alexander M. Burrill · 1850
A New Law Dictionary and Glossary
Lat. In the civil and common law. To be proper, as a legal remedy; to lie, as an action. Actio ei competit; an action lies for [may be maintained by] him.
Inst. 4. 1. 13.
Bract, fol.
103 b.
Competit assisa; an assise lies. Id. fol.
25.
Competunt haeredi duo remedia; the heir has two remedies. Id. fol.
219.
Hence the modern phrase, competency of actions. Supra. To be proper or available; as a pleading. Competit exceptio replicatio, &c. Bract. fol.
25, 26.