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COMPETENT WITNESS

Legal Term: COMPETENT WITNESS
Definition: One who is legally qualified to be heard to testify in a cause. In Kentucky, Michigan, and Missouri, a will must be attested, for the purpose of passing lands, by competent witnesses; but if wbolly written by the testator, in Kentucky, it need not be so attested. See Attesting witness; Credible witness; Disinterested witness; Respectable witness; and Witness.


***All definitions are taken from the 1856 Edition of Bouviers Law Dictionary

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