Sentence examples for competent to decide from inspiring English sources

Are athletes who have suffered one brain injury even competent to decide for themselves whether to continue in their sport?

Writer feels that only his trainer, Bill Winfrey is competent to decide and he won't led Bold Lad run if he isn't fit.

On Monday, a federal judge issued a stay to pursue hearings, sought by public defenders, on whether Mr. Ross was competent to decide to forgo his appeals.

For Plato, democracy suffered from the basic defect of putting decision-making in the hands of people who were not competent to decide.

"Neither France nor Spain, although the original contracting partners, were competent to decide the meaning of their own contract," Henry Adams observed.

It must have seemed like 26 years to Johnny Longden, who trains him... It's always been my opinion that there is only one man competent to decide the nature of a horse's preparation-and that is the trainer.

And if there is a question about criminal conduct we have a perfectly competent Justice Department to decide if there's a case to be made.

It is better for a competent REC to decide on amount of facilitation acceptable and will not appear to coerce the participants.

But they did conclude that there is a "moral right" to allow competent and informed people to decide when their lives are no longer worth living.

In a mandated choice system, competent adults are obliged to decide whether they wish to donate or not donate their organs after their deaths [ 7].

It has been argued that "prima facie, every competent adult has the right to decide whether to consent or refuse any medical treatment, even if such refusal could lead to death" [ 1].