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Canonical Impediments — Canonical Impediments † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Canonical Impediments I. GENERAL NOTION OF AN IMPEDIMENT The Latin word impedimentum signifies directly whatever embarrasses or hinders a person, whatever is an obstacle to his… … Catholic encyclopedia
Canonical impediment — In the Canon Law of the Catholic Church, a canonical impediment is a legal obstacle that prevents a sacrament from being performed validly and/or licitly. The term is used most frequently in relationship to the sacraments of Marriage and Holy… … Wikipedia
Canonical Faculties — Canonical Faculties † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Canonical Faculties (Lat. Facultates) In law, a faculty is the authority, privilege, or permission, to perform an act or function. In a broad sense, a faculty is a certain power,… … Catholic encyclopedia
Impediments, Canonical — • Canon law uses the word impediment in its restricted and technical sense, only in reference to marriage, while impediments to Holy orders are spoken of as irregularities Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006 … Catholic encyclopedia
Canonical faculties — Canonical faculties, in the canon law of the Roman Catholic Church, are ecclesiastical rights conferred on a subordinate, by a superior who enjoys jurisdiction in the external forum. These rights then allow the subordinate to act, in the external … Wikipedia
Moral and Canonical Aspect of Marriage — Moral and Canonical Aspect of Marriage † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Moral and Canonical Aspect of Marriage Marriage is that individual union through which man and woman by their reciprocal rights form one principle of generation. It is… … Catholic encyclopedia
Annulment — Family law Entering into marriag … Wikipedia
impediment — An obstruction, for example, an obstruction in a highway. 25 Am J1st High § 272. A bar; a disqualification, for example, insanity barring marriage. 35 Am J1st Mar § 17. See canonical impediments; dirimant impediments; impediments to marriage;… … Ballentine's law dictionary
Dispensation (Catholic Church) — For other uses, see Dispensation (disambiguation). In the canon law of the Roman Catholic Church, a dispensation is the suspension by competent authority of general rules of law in particular cases. Its object is to modify the hardship often… … Wikipedia
Lent — • An article on the origins of Lenten fasting Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Lent Lent † … Catholic encyclopedia
