行こう為い能のう力りょく

noun

capacity to act; legal capacity

Legal term referring to a person's ability to perform valid legal acts independently. Often discussed in civil law contexts such as contracts and age of majority.

• 未み成せい年ねん者しゃは行こう為い能のう力りょくが制せい限げんされる。

  Minors have limited capacity to act.

• 民みん法ぽうでは、行こう為い能のう力りょくを欠かく者ものの法ほう律りつ行こう為いは取とり消けすことができる。

  Under the Civil Code, legal acts by a person lacking capacity to act can be rescinded.