legal capacity

English

Noun

legal capacity

1. (law) Capacity of a person to make binding amendments to their rights, duties and obligations, such as getting married or merging, entering into contracts, making gifts, or writing a valid will.

Translations

capacity to make binding agreements

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 法定資格／法定资格 (fǎdìng zīgé)

• Finnish: oikeustoimikelpoisuus (fi), oikeuskelpoisuus (fi)
• French: capacité juridique f

Further reading

• “legal capacity”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
• “legal capacity”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.