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diriment
[ dir-uh-muhnt ]
/ ˈdɪr ə mənt /
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adjective
causing to become wholly void; nullifying.
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How to use diriment in a sentence
The simple vow of chastity made by the scholastics is a diriment impediment of matrimony.
The Jesuits, 1534-1921|Thomas J. CampbellThe instruments used to render its strict theory ineffective are "diriment impediments" and "dispensations."
A Short History of Women's Rights|Eugene A. Hecker
British Dictionary definitions for diriment
diriment
/ (ˈdɪrɪmənt) /
adjective
(of an impediment to marriage in canon law) totally invalidating
rare nullifying
Word Origin for diriment
C19: from Latin dirimēns separating, from Latin dirimere to part, from dis- 1 + emere to obtain
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