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Fitness to plead
In the
law of England and Wales
,
fitness to plead
is the capacity of a defendant in criminal proceedings to comprehend the course of those proceedings. The concept of fitness to plead also applies in
Scots
and
Irish law
. Its
United States
equivalent is
competence to stand
.
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