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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Competence \Com"pe*tence\, Competency \Com"pe*ten*cy\, n. [Cf.
F. comp['e]tence, from L. competentia agreement.]
1. The state of being competent; fitness; ability; adequacy;
power.
The loan demonstrates, in regard to instrumental
resources, the competency of this kingdom to the
assertion of the common cause --Burke.
To make them act zealously is not in the competence
of law. --Burke.
2. Property or means sufficient for the necessaries and
conveniences of life; sufficiency without excess.
Reason's whole pleasure, all the joys of sense Lie
in three words -- health, peace, and competence.
--Pope.
Superfluity comes sooner by white hairs, but
competency lives longer. --Shak.
3. (Law)
a Legal capacity or qualifications; fitness; as the
competency of a witness or of a evidence.
b Right or authority; legal power or capacity to take
cognizance of a cause as the competence of a judge
or court. --Kent.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
competency
n : the quality of being adequately or well qualified physically
and intellectually [syn: {competence}] [ant: {incompetence}]
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