Legal Definition and Related Resources of Disability
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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Bearer, Collateral Source Rule, Incapacity, Odd Lot Doctrine, Permanent Disability, Psychopath, Social Security, Total Disability.
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English Spanish Translation of Disability
Discapacidad
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Legal English Vocabulary: Disability and Handicap in Spanish
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See Also
- Social Protection
- Social Security
- Employment Affairs
- Welfare State
- Disability
- Health
- Medical Law
- Forensic Medicine
- Legal Medicine
- Health Law
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