In`ca*pac"i*ty (?), n.; pl.
Incapacities (?). [Cf. F.
incapacité.]
1. Want of capacity; lack of physical or
intellectual power; inability.
2. (Law) Want of legal ability or
competency to do, give, transmit, or receive something; inability;
disqualification; as, the inacapacity of minors to make
binding contracts, etc.
Syn. -- Inability; incapability; incompetency; unfitness;
disqualification; disability.