impediments — /impedamants/ Disabilities, or hindrances to the making of contracts, such as infancy, want of reason, etc. Civil law. Absolute impediments are those which prevent the person subject to them from marrying at all, without either the nullity of… … Black's law dictionary
impediments — /impedamants/ Disabilities, or hindrances to the making of contracts, such as infancy, want of reason, etc. Civil law. Absolute impediments are those which prevent the person subject to them from marrying at all, without either the nullity of… … Black's law dictionary
Impediments, Canonical — • Canon law uses the word impediment in its restricted and technical sense, only in reference to marriage, while impediments to Holy orders are spoken of as irregularities Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006 … Catholic encyclopedia
impediments to marriage — Disqualifications, such as nonage, mental incapacity, etc. See prohibitive impediments; relative impediment … Ballentine's law dictionary
impediments — im·ped·i·ment || ɪm pedɪmÉ™nt n. hindrance, obstacle, obstruction; physical defect which causes speech problems … English contemporary dictionary
Canonical Impediments — Canonical Impediments † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Canonical Impediments I. GENERAL NOTION OF AN IMPEDIMENT The Latin word impedimentum signifies directly whatever embarrasses or hinders a person, whatever is an obstacle to his… … Catholic encyclopedia
prohibitive impediments — See impediments … Black's law dictionary
relative impediments — See impediments … Black's law dictionary
prohibitive impediments — See impediments … Black's law dictionary
relative impediments — See impediments … Black's law dictionary