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non-aˈbility
[non- 1.]
Inability, incapacity; spec. inability to commence a suit at law.
c1477Caxton Jason 27 b, Jason..thanked..the nobles..for their goode purchase in excusing gretly him self of non⁓habilite. 1531Dial. on Laws Eng. ii. 75 So that the title of examinacion of habilite be nat therby taken fro the ordinaries. 1612Davies Why Ireland, etc. (1787) 72 The infancy of King Edward the Sixth, and the coverture of Queen Mary (which are both non abilities in the law) did in fact disable them to accomplish the conquest of Ireland. 1646Sir T. Browne Pseud. Ep. vii. xiii. 364 Nor will it be easie to obtrude such desperate attempts unto Aristotle, upon a non ability or unsatisfaction of reason, who so often acknowledged the imbecility thereof. c1697Aubrey Lives (1898) I. 124 For want of management, and his non-ability, it came to nothing. |