Meanings
adjectivecapacitous (comparative more capacitous, superlative most capacitous)
comparative more capacitous · superlative most capacitous
- Having the legal capacity to do something.
Advance directives require the person making them not only to be capacitous but also to have autonomy – that is, to be making their decision(s) freely and without coercion or undue influence from others.
2007, Jacqueline Atkinson, Advance Directives in Mental Health: Theory, Practice and Ethics
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