In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
INCOMPETENCY
incompetence, incompetency
(noun) lack of physical or intellectual ability or qualifications
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Noun
incompetency (usually uncountable, plural incompetencies)
The condition of being incompetent.
Source: Wiktionary
In*com"pe*tence, In*com"pe*tency, n. Etym: [Cf. F. incompétence.]
1. The quality or state of being incompetent; want of physical, intellectual, or moral ability; insufficiency; inadequacy; as, the incompetency of a child hard labor, or of an idiot for intellectual efforts. "Some inherent incompetency." Gladstone.
2. (Law)
Definition: Want of competency or legal fitness; incapacity; disqualification, as of a person to be heard as a witness, or to act as a juror, or of a judge to try a cause.
Syn.
– Inability; insufficiency; inadequacy; disqualification; incapability; unfitness.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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NURSE
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