Glossary entry

español term or phrase:

capacidad judicialmente complementada

inglés translation:

legally incapacitated

Added to glossary by Lesley Jackson (X)
Mar 12, 2015 13:54
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español term

capacidad judicialmente complementada

español al inglés Jurídico/Patentes Derecho: (general) persons with disability - legislation
Spain: paper on the situation in Spain vis-a-vis the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons With Disability

"Por otro lado, en el proyecto se restringen ciertos derechos a las víctimas con “capacidad judicialmente complementada”, entre las que pueden encontrarse personas con discapacidad intelectual..."

"Además, muchas de las reformas planteadas se refieren a las personas con discapacidad con “capacidad judicialmente complementada” lo que plantea el problema de que aún está pendiente la revisión del actual sistema de incapacitación y podría dejar fuera de su ámbito de aplicación a las personas con discapacidad intelectual..."

Hoping for someone who just "knows" what this term means... it's not obscure, and I don't need a ton of references.

Just a quick answer for a tight deadline -- many thanks for any help!

Discussion

Lesley Jackson (X) (asker) Mar 12, 2015:
I just heard from the author... who says "legally incapacitated" is the idea (though he's not sure of the proper English equivalent terminology).

The idea being... that the victims' ability to fully exercise their legal rights on terms of equality with others is compromised, owing to their physical, intellectual, or sensory disability, and they would require some form of personal assistance for any legal action or proceeding in which they were involved.

So, the person's "capacidad" (competence to act in legal matters) may be "complementada" by his attorney, legal guardian, social worker, or various others, as stipulated by law ("judicialmente").

So, you're right, Robert -- not absent, but compromised / impaired / limited. And by the way, I don't think intellectual disability = mental retardation. It's not simply that we're translating "discapacidad intelectual" differently nowadays. As far as I know, mental retardation has always been "retraso mental"... and not the same as intellectual disability.

Thanks, everyone, for the help!
Robert Forstag Mar 12, 2015:
*Presence* (not *absence*) of capacity is implied Not to stir a hornet's nest here, but the plain intended sense of the term is that the individuals in question *have legal capacity of some kind*, and not that they are *incapacitated*). Whether the term arose as a politically correct construct is in this connection irrelevant. After all, "niños con discapacidad intellectual" in a contemporary text could no longer be translated as "mentally retarded children."

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legally incapacitated

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Hasta ahora se las viene llamando “personas incapacitadas judicialmente”, pero parece que nuestra legislación, haciéndose eco de las recomendaciones de Naciones Unidas, va a instaurar una nueva manera de referirnos a estas personas. A partir de ahora tendremos que decir “personas con capacidad judicialmente complementada”.

https://fundaciontutelarcaptus.wordpress.com/tag/persona-con...

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La futura Ley de Jurisdicción Voluntaria cambiará el término de "incapaz" por el de persona "con capacidad judicialmente complementada", en atención a una petición del colectivo de los ciudadanos con discapacidad, según informó este viernes tras la celebración del Consejo de Ministros el titular de Justicia, Alberto Ruiz-Gallardón.

http://www.servimedia.es/Noticias/DetalleNoticia.aspx?seccio...

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legally incapacitated


Definition
Person temporarily or permanently impaired by mental and/or physical deficiency, disability, illness, or by the use of drugs to the extent he or she lacks sufficient understanding to make rational decisions or engage in responsible actions.



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or perhaps better

those with legal incapacity
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español term (edited): victimas con capacidad judicialmente complementada

victims enjoying special legal rights

Or: "victims who merit special legal considerations"

Seems to be the sense here, but I can't say that I'm certain.
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(AmE/CanE & BrE) legal disability

Euphemistic, as Bill H. hints at. The term of art is actually Person(s) under legal disability, as should be familiar from medical, probate & succession law.

The legal vs. mental or physical disability needs to be 'topped up' or supplemented.

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... not 'sui juris', so requiring court supervision.
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