incapableness

Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary

INCA'PABLENESS, noun [from incapable.] The quality of being incapable; natural incapacity or want of power; as the incapableness of a child to comprehend logical syllogisms. 1. Want of legal qualifications or of legal power; as the incapability of holding an office.
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