Definition of Impediments

1. Noun. (plural of impediment) ¹

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Definition of Impediments

1. impediment [n] - See also: impediment

Lexicographical Neighbors of Impediments

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impedance
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Literary usage of Impediments

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann (1913)
"It contains four prohibitory impediments separated from thirteen ... But after the Council of Trent, which created the impediments of abduction and ..."

2. A History of French Private Law by Jean Brissaud, Rapelje Howell (1912)
"In these two respects it increased impediments far too much, contrary to its habitual tendency, which is to facilitate access to the sacraments. ..."

3. The English Works of Thomas Hobbes of Malmesbury by Thomas Hobbes (1841)
"For," saith he, " there may be outward impediments, even while he is deliberating." Wherein he is deceived. For though he may deliberate of that which is ..."

4. Institutes of Common and Statute Law by John Barbee Minor (1876)
"Why they are called Canonical impediments. Because they are derived from, ... They are styled also ecclesiastical impediments, because they were long ..."

5. The Science of Ethics by Michael Cronin (1917)
"THE NATURAL Impediments There are some impediments which make the contracting of marriage unlawful but do not render the marriage null and void; ..."

6. Promoting Housing Choice in HUD's Rental Assistance Programs: A Report to by John M. Goering, Helene Stebbins, Michael Siewert (1996)
"There are several major categories of potential impediments which, ... These impediments are related to: • Operation of the overall housing market. ..."

7. Merchants' Magazine and Commercial Review by William B. Dana (1858)
"... and want of education were its only impediments, as if it had no barriers or limits among a free people, under a representative republican form of ..."

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