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Definition of Diriment
1. a. Absolute.
Definition of Diriment
1. nullifying [adj]
Medical Definition of Diriment
1. Absolute. Diriment impediment, an impediment that nullifies marriage. Origin: L. Dirimens, p. Pr. Of dirimere. See Dirempt. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Diriment
Literary usage of Diriment
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Law of the Church: A Cyclopedia of Canon Law for English-speaking Countries by Ethelred Luke Taunton (1906)
"A diriment impediment is an obstacle to matrimony which affects the validity of
... Impediments diriment of the law of nature or the law of God bind all, ..."
2. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann (1913)
"Baptism has been chosen as the basis of this diriment impediment for a twofold
reason: (1) it is an external ceremony, easy of recognition and proof, ..."
3. The New Church Law on Matrimony by Joseph Julius Charles Petrovits, Catholic Church (1919)
"THE diriment IMPEDIMENTS. /. The Impediment of Age. (Canon 1067.) 204. The impediment
of age is an obstacle by virtue of which a man and a woman, ..."
4. The New Schaff-Herzog Encyclopedia of Religious Knowledge: Embracing by Johann Jakob Herzog, Philip Schaff, Albert Hauck (1910)
"In case of diriment impediments, on the other hand, the marriage may be annulled if
... diriment impediments are, eg, a previous marriage still existent, ..."
5. Diocesan Faculties According to the Code of Canon Law: Dissertation by Hubert Louis Motry (1922)
"In reply to this it could be said, with equal weight, that form is not included,
by the Code, among the diriment impediments, and, undoubtedly with more ..."
6. The Methodist Review (1898)
"Holy orders, from subdeacon up, are allowed to be a diriment impediment to a
subsequent marriage, unless, of course, there is a papal dispensation, ..."
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