Thatâs why restaurants start with what they call the âsoft opening.â What It Is: While definitions of âsoft openingâ differ from restaurant to restaurant, itâs generally known as a practice run of a business before the grand opening. Souvla in San Francisco hosted test lunches and dinners for friends, investors, and local merchants, but when Charles S. Bililies finally opened his restaurant on April 8, it was without any formal publicity.
Incapacitation definition, to deprive of ability, qualification, or strength; make incapable or unfit; disable. See more.
Mental Incapacity in Criminal Sentencing. Mental incapacity or incompetence can play a big role when it comes to sentencing a criminal defendant - the person convicted of a crime. Mental incapacity is treated differently in the federal and state courts. Some state courts follow the federal rule, while others don't.