diriment impediment

Noun
  1. (canon law) an impediment that invalidates a marriage (such as the existence of a prior marriage) (synset 105697714)
    referred to in: canon law, ecclesiastical law - the body of codified laws governing the affairs of a Christian church
    is a type of: balk, baulk, check, deterrent, handicap, hinderance, hindrance, impediment - something immaterial that interferes with or delays action or progress

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