legal capacity
noun
the legal ability that a person has under the law to assume or occupy a particular role or relationship or to undertake a particular action.
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
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We have served in the intelligence community, in analytical, managerial and legal capacities, and in the Justice Department as a line prosecutor and at a policy level.
From Washington Post ● Jan. 16, 2020