Law. Legal competency or qualification. to be in capacity: to be legally qualified.

Law. Power or authority to do a thing of legal validity; capacity in law; legal competency. Cf. disability, n. 3.

the authority under law of a person to engage in a particular undertaking, or maintain a particular status.

A necessary condition, imposed by law or custom, which must be satisfied before a certain right can be acquired or exercised, an office held, etc.

Legal or moral qualification or capacity.