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diriment, a.|ˈdɪrɪmənt|
[ad. L. diriment-em, pr. pple. of dirimĕre to separate, interrupt, frustrate: see dirempt. Cf. F. dirimant that nullifies (a marriage).]
That renders absolutely void; nullifying; chiefly in diriment impediment, one that renders marriage null and void from the beginning.
1848J. Waterworth Council of Trent (1888) p. ccxxv, The Church having authority to establish..new essential and diriment impediments of matrimony. 1875Contemp. Rev. XXVI. 423 There is another diriment impediment which has lately attracted more than ordinary attention. 1888Ch. Times 2 Mar. 179 In England..marriages, not hindered by a diriment impediment, are valid wherever solemnised. |