Diriment Impediments
Defined in 3 dictionaries — Black's (1910), Black's (1891), Stimson (1881)
Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
In canon law. Absolute bars to marriage, which would make it null ab initio.
A Dictionary of Law
Henry Campbell Black · 1891
In canon law. Absolute Lars to marriage, which. would make it null ab initio.
Glossary of Technical Terms, Phrases, and Maxims of the Common Law
Frederic Jesup Stimson · 1881
Actual bars to marriage, which make it null ab initio, though consummated.