diriment impediment

1. 1.

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

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Questions about diriment impediment

What does diriment impediment mean?

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

Is diriment impediment a common word?

diriment impediment is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.