DIRIMENT IMPEDIMENT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does diriment impediment mean? 

• DIRIMENT IMPEDIMENT (noun)
  The noun DIRIMENT IMPEDIMENT has 1 sense:

1. (canon law) an impediment that invalidates a marriage (such as the existence of a prior marriage)

  Familiarity information: DIRIMENT IMPEDIMENT used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• DIRIMENT IMPEDIMENT (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

(canon law) an impediment that invalidates a marriage (such as the existence of a prior marriage)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Hypernyms ("diriment impediment" is a kind of...):

balk; baulk; check; deterrent; handicap; hinderance; hindrance; impediment (something immaterial that interferes with or delays action or progress)

Domain category:

canon law; ecclesiastical law (the body of codified laws governing the affairs of a Christian church)