Topic: LAW
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com‧pe‧tence
1 [uncountable] also competency the ability to do something well [≠ incompetence]
professional/linguistic/technical etc competence 
Doctors have to constantly update their knowledge in order to maintain their professional competence.
Doctors have to constantly update their knowledge in order to maintain their professional competence.2 [uncountable] lawSCL the legal power of a court of law to hear and judge something in court, or of a government to do something
be within the competence of something Many legal issues are within the competence of individual states rather than the federal government.
Many legal issues are within the competence of individual states rather than the federal government.3 [countable] also competency formalBE a skill needed to do a particular job : Typing is considered by most employers to be a basic competence.
Typing is considered by most employers to be a basic competence.