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diriment

[dir-uh-muh nt]
adjective
  1. causing to become wholly void; nullifying.
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Origin of diriment

1840–50; < Latin diriment-, stem of dirimēns, present participle of dirimere; see diremption
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Historical Examples

  • The simple vow of chastity made by the scholastics is a diriment impediment of matrimony.

    The Jesuits, 1534-1921

    Thomas J. Campbell

  • The instruments used to render its strict theory ineffective are "diriment impediments" and "dispensations."

British Dictionary definitions for diriment

diriment

adjective
  1. (of an impediment to marriage in canon law) totally invalidating
  2. rare nullifying
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Word Origin

C19: from Latin dirimēns separating, from Latin dirimere to part, from dis- 1 + emere to obtain
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