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Mental capacity
The state of a person's cognitive function. In legal terms, particularly significant in matters of wills and lasting powers of attorney.
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It is a requirement for a person making a will to have the requisite level of mental capacity.
A different (though broadly similar) set of mental capacity rules apply to people making lasting powers of attorney
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