قاموس اللغة الإنجليزية

The state of being competent; fitness; ability; adequacy; power.

Property or means sufficient for the necessaries and conveniences of life; sufficiency without excess.

Legal capacity or qualifications; fitness; as, the competency of a witness or of a evidence.

Right or authority; legal power or capacity to take cognizance of a cause; as, the competence of a judge or court.