Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A want of ability; in law, an exception taken against a plaintiff that he has not legal capacity to commence a suit.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun Want of ability.
- noun (Law) An exception taken against a plaintiff in a cause, when he is unable legally to commence a suit.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun Want of
ability . - noun law An exception taken against a plaintiff in a cause, when he is
unable legally to commence a suit.
Etymologies
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
non- + ability
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Examples
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Financial institutions have gone strict on credit standards due to the skyrocketing default rates from nonability to pay off the loans, so there is pretty much a bleak future for them unless they can think something up to get themselves out of that situation.
WHAT REALLY HAPPENED 2008
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