diriment impediment

nounLaw.

  1. a fact or circumstance that renders a marriage void from the beginning.

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How to use diriment impediment in a sentence

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

    The Jesuits, 1534-1921 | Thomas J. Campbell

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