Capacity
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary · Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
Ability, power, qualification, or competency of persons, natural or artificial. 2 Comyn. Dig. 294; Dane, Abr. (1) Natural power or competency to perform an act, as capacity to contract, capacity to commit crime. (2) Official, or representative power or character. As to when one is acting in an official, and not a personal capacity, see 3 Story (U. S.) 87; 6 Robt. (N. Y.) 502. The word "capacity" does not include "experience."
234 111. 623; 227 111. 442.
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.