6:21 How to stagger your wood flooring in open areas as you work across the room in one direction. Stagger means to leave at least 6 inches overlap on each piece of wood that is laid. This gives your floor reinforcement as each piece supports each other.:41 Wood acclimation-The first thing an installer needs to do is let the wood acclimate to the climate of the house to prevent the wood from buckling in the future. 1:41 How to install the plank flooring with the tongue and groove.
Â§ 40.1-5.3-3 Competency to stand trial. â (a) Definitions. As used in this section: (1) Attorney for the state means the attorney general, an authorized assistant attorney general, or such other person as may be authorized by law to act as a representative of the state in a criminal proceeding; (2) Competent or competency means mental ability to stand trial. A person is mentally competent to stand trial if he or she is able to understand the character and consequences of the proceedings against him or her and is able properly to assist in his or her defense; (3) Department means the state department of mental health, retardation, and hospitals.
Around the country, the question of whether a defendant is competent to stand trial is being. raised more often in juvenile court proceedings. However, most states lack statutory guidance for. how competence to stand trial should be applied in juvenile court. Instead, these states apply. their adult criminal competence statutes to youth in juvenile court, resulting in frustration, confusion, and uncertainty among judges, prosecutors, and defense counsel.