Competent
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary · Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
Fit; qualified; lawful. Thus, "competent authority" is held«to mean lawful authority (8 Pet. [U. S.] 449). A "competent court," one having jurisdiction.
1 C. P. Div. 176.
COiVIPETENT AND OIVIITTED. In Scotch practice. A term applied to a plea which might have been urged by a party during the dependence of a cause, but which had been omitted. Bell, Diet.
COiVIPETENT PERSON
The expression "competent person" means ordinarily a person free from legal disqualification, and does not refer to the ability or experience of such person.
245 111. 50.
COiVIPETENT WITNESS
One who is legally qualified to be heard to testify in a cause.