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competence,n.1. A basic or minimal ability to do something; qualification, esp. to testify <competence of a witness>. [Cases: Witnesses  35.C.J.S. Witnesses §§ 87–88, 90, 92.] 2. The capacity of an official body to do something <the court’s competence to enter a valid judgment>.3. Authenticity <the documents were supported by a business-records affidavit, leaving their competence…

comperendinatio (kom-p<<schwa>>r-en-d<<schwa>>-nay-shee-oh), n. [Latin “to remand to the next day but one”] Roman law. An adjournment of an action, particularly one of the actiones legis, to hear the parties or their advocates a second time; a second hearing of the parties to a case. • The judge (judex) would decide the case at the conclusion…

compensatory time.See COMP TIME. [Blacks Law 8th]

compensatory payment.Family law. A postmarital spousal payment made by the richer ex-spouse to the poorer one and treated as an entitlement rather than as a discretionary award. • Compensatory payments are set by statute and are based on a formula using the length of the marriage, differences in postdivorce income, role as primary caregiver, and…

compensatory damages.See DAMAGES. [Blacks Law 8th]

compensation period.The time fixed by unemployment or workers’-compensation law during which an unem-ployed or injured worker is entitled to receive compensation. [Cases: Social Security and Public Welfare  728; Workers’ Compensation  836–868. C.J.S. Social Security and Public Welfare § 292; Workmen’s Compensation §§ 545–574, 582.] [Blacks Law 8th]

Compensation Clause.The clause of the U.S. Constitution providing for federal judges to be paid. U.S. Const. art. III, § 1, cl. 2. [Blacks Law 8th]

compensation (kom-p<<schwa>>n-say-sh<<schwa>>n), n.1. Remuneration and other benefits received in return for services rendered; esp., salary or wages. [Cases: Master and Servant  68–72.5. C.J.S. Employer–Employee Relationship §§ 132–133, 138–153, 155–156, 163–172,174–176.] “Compensation consists of wages and benefits in return for services. It is payment for work. If the work contracted for is not done, there is no obligation…

compensatio injuriarum (kom-pen-say-shee-oh in-juur-ee-air-<<schwa>>m). [Latin “the compensation of wrongs”] Scots law. The setoff in a defamation action. [Blacks Law 8th]

compensatio criminis (kom-pen-say-shee-oh krim-<<schwa>>-nis). [Latin] Eccles. law. A defendant’s plea in a divorce action, alleging that the complainant is guilty of the same conduct that the defendant is charged with, esp. adultery. See RECRIMINATION(1). “The compensatio criminis is the standard canon law of England in questions of divorce, and it is founded on the principle that…