See Also: Competent To Stand Trial(law)
Incompetent To Stand Trial(law)
competent(dictionary)
competent(1)(dictionary)
competent(2)(dictionary)
COMPETENT WITNESS(law)
competent cell(medicine)
Competent Evidence(law)
immunologically competent cell(medicine)
bush(dictionary)

bush(3) (iou) and Competent To Stand Trial (law)


bush(3) (iou)



bush verb1. ME.
[from BUSH noun1.]
verb trans. Conceal in a bush. Usu. in pass. (of oneself). ME-E17.
verb trans. & intrans. (Cause to) grow thick like a bush; (cause to) grow or stick out like a bush. L15.
verb trans. Protect or support with bushes. E17.
verb trans. with it & intrans. Camp in the bush. Austral. & NZ. E19.

Competent To Stand Trial (law)




a finding by a court, when a defendants mental competency to stand trial is at issue, that the defendant has sufficient present ability to consult with his lawyer with a reasonable degree of rational understanding, and that he has a rational as well as factual understanding of the proceedings against him.