Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun competence_hearing

1 sense of competence hearing

Sense 1
competence hearing -- (a hearing to determine legal capacity (to determine whether the defendant can understand the charges and cooperate with a lawyer in preparing a defense))
       => hearing -- ((law) a proceeding (usually by a court) where evidence is taken for the purpose of determining an issue of fact and reaching a decision based on that evidence)