legal capacity
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legal capacities
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“Doctors can’t make definitive declarations about legal capacity, but they can share important medical insights about your loved one’s cognitive condition, mental status and ability to understand information.”
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 20, 2026
The person must also have the the legal capacity to make the decision, and have the decision verified by two independent doctors.
From BBC ● Mar. 25, 2025
Parliament passed a temporary measure allowing prisons to fill beyond legal capacity.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 5, 2023
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
At one point there were as many as fourteen children in there, plus the parents, even though their legal capacity was for only seven.
From "Three Little Words: A Memoir" by Ashley Rhodes-Courter
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