Term: competence hearing: a hearing to determine legal capacity (to determine whether the defendant can understand the charges and cooperate with a lawyer in preparing a defense)
Broader: proceeding: (law) the institution of a sequence of steps by which legal judgments are invoked | Unrelated: karyokinesis: organic process consisting of the division of the nucleus of a cell during mitosis or meiosis
Broader: proceeding: (law) the institution of a sequence of steps by which legal judgments are invoked | Unrelated: par: (golf) the standard number of strokes set for each hole on a golf course, or for the entire course
Broader: proceeding: (law) the institution of a sequence of steps by which legal judgments are invoked | Unrelated: curiousness: a state of active curiosity
Broader: proceeding: (law) the institution of a sequence of steps by which legal judgments are invoked | Unrelated: calcination: the conversion of metals into their oxides as a result of heating to a high temperature
Broader: proceeding: (law) the institution of a sequence of steps by which legal judgments are invoked | Unrelated: urease: an enzyme that catalyzes the hydrolysis of urea into carbon dioxide and ammonia; is present in intestinal bacteria
Broader: proceeding: (law) the institution of a sequence of steps by which legal judgments are invoked | Unrelated: neuter: a gender that refers chiefly (but not exclusively) to inanimate objects (neither masculine nor feminine)
Broader: proceeding: (law) the institution of a sequence of steps by which legal judgments are invoked | Unrelated: plasticizer: a substance added to plastics or other materials to make them more pliable
Broader: proceeding: (law) the institution of a sequence of steps by which legal judgments are invoked | Unrelated: landfall: the first sighting of land from the sea after a voyage (or flight over water)
Broader: proceeding: (law) the institution of a sequence of steps by which legal judgments are invoked | Unrelated: niche: a position particularly well suited to the person who occupies it
Broader: proceeding: (law) the institution of a sequence of steps by which legal judgments are invoked | Unrelated: inulin: used to manufacture fructose and in assessing kidney function