n. - The state of being competent; fitness; ability; adequacy; power.
n. - Property or means sufficient for the necessaries and conveniences of life; sufficiency without excess.
n. - Legal capacity or qualifications; fitness; as, the competency of a witness or of a evidence.
n. - Right or authority; legal power or capacity to take cognizance of a cause; as, the competence of a judge or court.