unfitness

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The Law Commission said the current rules for defining "unfitness" were formulated in 1836, adding they were now outdated and did not take modern medical understandings of capacity into account.

From BBC • Apr. 8, 2026

Under the California Probate Code, the most common reasons include breach of trust, insolvency, unfitness and incompetence, hostility or deadlock, excessive and/or disqualification where the trustee becomes legally barred from serving.

From MarketWatch • Nov. 11, 2025

These statements are presented as evidence of her unfitness for a role requiring impartial application of justice.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 27, 2025

Under the amendment, only the prime minister or the government has the power to determine a leader’s unfitness.

From Washington Times • Sep. 28, 2023

The proofs of his unfitness for such a duty, on account of his almost total deafness, furnished by the opening of the Josephstadt theatre in the preceding year, were still before his eyes.

From Life of Beethoven by Schindler, Anton