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Incompetent vs Intestable - What's the difference?

incompetent | intestable |

As adjectives the difference between incompetent and intestable

is that incompetent is incompetent while intestable is (legal) not legally permitted to make a will, as by reason of being under the age of majority or mentally incompetent.

incompetent

English

Adjective

(head)
  • Unskilled, lacking normally expected degree of ability.
    • Having an incompetent lawyer may be grounds for a retrial, but the lawyer in question probably doesn't know that.
  • Unable to make rational decisions, insane or otherwise cognitively impaired.
    • The charged was judged incompetent to stand trial, at least until his medication started working.

    Synonyms

    * See also

    Usage notes

    The form incompetent of , as in "I am incompetent of doing anything!" is heard (US). It is incorrect, the intended word is incapable.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A person who is incompetent.

    • intestable

    English

    Adjective

    (-)
  • (legal) Not legally permitted to make a will, as by reason of being under the age of majority or mentally incompetent.
  • * 1838 , S. Toller and F. Whitmarsh, The Law of Executors and Administrators , 7th ed., Saunders & Benning (London), ch. 1: Of Wills and Codicils, p. 11,
    • Outlaws also, though merely in civil cases, are intestable , in respect to their personal property, while their outlawry subsists.

    Related terms

    * intestability * intestableness

    References

    *" intestable" at OneLook® Dictionary Search . * Oxford English Dictionary , 2nd ed., 1989.