Mental Incompetence Law and Legal Definition
Mental incompetence is the inability of a person to make or carry out important decisions regarding his or her affairs. An individual is defined as mentally incompetent if h/she is manifestly psychotic or otherwise of unsound mind, either consistently or sporadically, by reason of mental defect. Few examples of such mental defect are retardation, schizophrenia, and dementia.
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- Abuses of Governmental Power Identified Under “Watergate”
- Action Levels (Environmental Law)
- Administration on Developmental Disabilities
- Agency or Instrumentality of a Foreign State
- Alaska Mental Health Enabling Act
- Alcohol-Related Neurodevelopmental Disorders
- Applicable Environmental Requirements
- Bureau of Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs [Department of State]
- Center for Mental Health Services
- Chronically Mentally Ill
