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11relative impediments — See impediments …
12canonical impediments — The personal relationships or defects which under the ecclesiastical law rendered voidable a marriage of one who possessed them. Among these impediments were consanguinity, affinity and impotence, while the so called civil disabilities, such as… …
13prohibitive impediments — Those impediments or restrictions which do not make a marriage void, but which render the parties liable to punishment …
14diriment impediments — /diranwnt impedamsnts/ In canon law, absolute bars to marriage, which would make it null ab initio …
15diriment impediments — /diranwnt impedamsnts/ In canon law, absolute bars to marriage, which would make it null ab initio …
16dirimant impediments — Those bars to lawful matrimony which are not removed by a consummation …
17Canonical impediment — In the Canon Law of the Catholic Church, a canonical impediment is a legal obstacle that prevents a sacrament from being performed validly and/or licitly. The term is used most frequently in relationship to the sacraments of Marriage and Holy… …
18Dispensation — • An act whereby in a particular case a lawful superior grants relaxation from an existing law Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Dispensation Dispensation …
19Matrimonial dispensation — A matrimonial dispensation is the relaxation in a particular case of an impediment prohibiting or annulling a marriage. It may be granted: (a) in favour of a contemplated marriage or to legitimize one already contracted; (b) in secret cases, or… …
20The Roman Congregations — The Roman Congregations † Catholic Encyclopedia ► The Roman Congregations Certain departments have been organized by the Holy See at various times to assist it in the transaction of those affairs which canonical discipline and the… …
