Legal ability to perform some act, such as
enter into a contract or execute a deed or will.

Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary
capacity (noun)
1.
legal competency or fitness - capacity to stand trial
2.
a) the potential or suitability for holding, storing, or accommodating - a large seating capacity
b) the maximum amount or number that can be contained or accommodated - a jug with a one-gallon capacity the auditorium was filled to capacity see metric system table weight table
3.
a) an individual's mental or physical ability - aptitude skill
b) the faculty or potential for treating, experiencing, or appreciating - capacity for love
4.
- duty position role will be happy to serve in any capacity
5.
the facility or power to produce, perform, or deploy - capability a plan to double the factory's capacity , also maximum output - industries running at three-quarter capacity
6.
a) - capacitance
b) the quantity of electricity that a battery can deliver under specified conditions
capacity (adjective)
equaling maximum capacity - a capacity crowd
Merriam-Webster Online Thesaurus
capacity (noun)
1.
the largest number or amount that something can hold
SYNONYMS:
complement, cubage, real estate, volume
RELATED WORDS:
burden, fill, fullness, load, measure; area, room, space, stowage
capacity (noun)
2.
an assignment at which one regularly works for pay
SYNONYMS:
appointment, berth, billet, capacity, connection, function, place, position, post, situation
RELATED WORDS:
business, employ, employment, occupation, profession; work; office, spot; calling, pursuit, trade, vocation; line, racket; engagement, gig; livelihood, living; career, lifework, practice ( practise); duty, mission, posting, service, task
NEAR ANTONYMS:
avocation; joblessness, unemployment
capacity (noun)
3.
the action for which a person or thing is specially fitted or used or for which a thing exists
SYNONYMS:
business, capacity, function, job, part, place, position, purpose, task, work
RELATED WORDS:
affair, concern, hand, involvement, participation; niche, office, post, situation; calling, occupation, pursuit, vocation; activity, assignment, charge, commission, duty, employ, mission, responsibility, service, use
capacity (noun)
4.
the physical or mental power to do something
SYNONYMS:
capability, capableness, capacity, competence, competency, faculty
RELATED WORDS:
aptitude, aptness, endowment, equipment, facility, gift, knack, talent; address, adroitness, deftness, dexterity, hand, prowess, skill; gray matter, instinct, intelligence, ken, reason, understanding; might, potency, puissance, staying power, stuff; adequacy, effectiveness, effectualness, fitness, form, influence, resourcefulness, usefulness; means, resources, wherewithal
NEAR ANTONYMS:
helplessness, impotence, paralysis, powerlessness, weakness; defectiveness, deficiency, inadequacy, inadequateness, ineffectiveness, ineffectuality, ineffectualness, inefficaciousness, inefficacy, uselessness; debilitation, disablement, impairment, incapacitation
disability, inability, incapability, incapableness, incapacity, incompetence, incompetency, ineptitude, ineptness
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