legal capacity
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The court ruled that lack of legal capacity is not the same as lack of "valid consent" for the purposes of Article 5 of the Human Rights Act.
From BBC ● Jun. 2, 2026
Your relative may lack capacity to make certain decisions, yet retain enough legal capacity to, say, revoke a power of attorney or hire a lawyer.
From MarketWatch ● Feb. 24, 2026
Our state has chronically underfunded public guardianship services for people who both lack legal capacity to and cannot afford to pay a guardian, and the lay guardianship system is confusing and overwhelming for families.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 7, 2022
The lockup has held an average of 2,199 detainees each month over the last year, roughly 240 people fewer than the facility’s legal capacity, county officials said.
From New York Times ● Dec. 28, 2021
When the Birmingham jails filled up beyond legal capacity, the school buses delivered the arrested children to the Birmingham fairgrounds—the grounds where Kiddieland was located.
From "While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement" by Carolyn Maull McKinstry
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