Disability
Legal Definition and Related Resources of Disability
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Meaning of Disability
The want of legal capacity to perform an act. The absence of legal ability to do certain acts or enjoy certain benefits. Disability is either general or special. It is general when it disables the person from doing all acts of a given kind. It is special when it disables a person from doing a specific act. Infants are under a general disability disabling them from entering into contracts. A married person is under a special disability from marrying again.
Disability Alternative Definition
The want of legal capacity. "Disability implies want of power, not want of inclination. It refers to incapacity, and not to disinclination." 32 Barb. (N. Y.) 473. Disabilities were anciently classified as general and special. (1) A disability is called general when it disables a person from performing all acts of a given kind, as in the case of an outlaw. (2) A disability is special when it disables him from doing a specific act, as where one renders himself incapable of performing a contract which he has entered into. They are also classified as personal and absolute. (3) A personal disability is confined to the person affected. (4) An absolute disability descends to his heirs. The absolute disabilities such as attainder have been all abolished. They are also classified as civil and canonical. This classification existed only as to disability to enter the marriage contract. Civil were such as to render the marriage void, as prior marriage, consanguinity, etc., while a canonical disability, such as sterility, rendered the marriage voidable only. 2 Steph. Coram. 240.
Synonyms of Disability
(Legal disqualification), noun
disablement
impairment
invalidation
invalidity
legal incapacity
unfitness
unqualification
unqualifiedness
unsuitability
unsuitableness
unsuitedness
want of legal capacity
want of legal qualification foreign phrases: Contra non valentem agere nulla currit praescriptio
No prescription runs against a person who is unable to act
(Physical inability), noun
affliction
ailment
debilitation
debility
deterioration
disablement
disorder
disqualification
feebleness
frailty
handicap
helplessness
illness
impairment
impotence
impotency
inability
inability to work
inadequacy
incapability
incapacitation
incapacity
incompetence
incompetency
indisposition
ineffectiveness
ineffectuality
ineffectualness
inefficacy
inefficiency
infirmity
insufficiency
malady
powerlessness
sickness
unfitness
unsoundness
weakness
Associated Concepts: complete disability
continuous disability
disability benefits
disability compensation
disability insurance
general disability
medical disability
mental disability
partial disability
physical disability
proof of disability
temporary disability
total disability
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Discapacidad
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Social Protection
Social Security
Employment Affairs
Welfare State
Disability
Health
Medical Law
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Legal Medicine
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