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Competent Party

 
Business Dictionary: Competent Party

Person legally capable of entering a contract. A person must be of legal age and not insane or a drunkard.

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Persons legally capable of entering a Contract. Must be of legal age, not be insane or a drunkard.
Example: If Abel is a Minor he may generally Void contracts he entered to buy or sell real estate because the law does not consider him to be a competent party.

 
 

 

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