Latin for Lawyers

INCOMPETENT

INCOMPETENT [L. in / not + competo, competere / to be equal to, to match; to be capable] Not qualified to undertake or exercise a legal right or to perform a legal obli gation, as in the case of minors. Also, not capable of performing a job or office by virtue of physical, mental or moral shortcomings. Incompetent evi dence is evidence which does not satisfy the rules of evidence and is there fore inadmissible. See COMPETENCY IN CONSIMILI CASU, CONSIMILI DEBET ESSE REMEDIUM Similar cases require similar remedies. INCONVENIENT FORUM A court which is inappropriate for the conduct of a particular proceeding or trial, e.g., because it is too distant from the place where the action arose or from the homes of the parties, or because it is not the court which can best enforce the judgment. The court may dismiss the action and direct the parties to secure a better venue. See FORUM NON CONVENIENS INCORPORATE [L. in / in + corpus / body, substance] To form a corporation, a legal entity recognized by the state and having the attributes of perpetual life and limited investor liability. To bring a document within the terms of another by specific reference ( incorporation by refer ence ). To include within; to give substance to; to unite in one body. IN CORPORE [L. in + corpus / body, substance] In body; in substance. INCORPOREAL [L. in + corpus ] Having no body. Not existing in a tangible sense. Without physical form. INCORPOREAL HEREDITAMENT A chose in action which is capable of being inherited. Anything inheritable which has no tangible form. An inheritable right which arises from an interest in property but which is not itself visible or concrete; e.g., the rents owing from real property. See CORPOREAL HEREDITAMENT; HEREDITAMENT INCORRIGIBLE [L. in + corrigo, corrigere / to set right, put straight] Incapable of being correct or reformed. Unmanageable. Delinquent. As applied to juvenile offenders, not controllable by parent or guardian.

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