Impediment - Law Dictionary Search Results
Home Dictionary Name: impedimentDiriment impediments
Diriment impediments, absolute bars to marriage, which would make it null ab initio, See IMPEDIMENTS....
Just impediment
Just impediment, where two views are equally possible on this complex question and where a party being guided by one of such views adopts a course consistent with that view it would equally be a case of 'just impediment' within the meaning of art. 145 of the Portuguese Code, which could be said to have prevented the party from filing the appeal within limitation prescribed by the Por-tuguese Code, Maria Cheristine De Souza Soddar v. MariaZurna Pereira Pinto, AIR 1979 SC 1352 (1355): (1979) 1 SCC 92....
impediment
impediment : something that prevents or interferes with a process, power, or right [should have known of the legal s to the execution of any judgment against the police jury "Penalber v. Blount, 550 So. 2d 577 (1989)"] ;specif : a bar to the formation of a valid contract or marriage compare nullity ...
Impediment
Impediment, means a hindrance or obstruction, esp., some fact (such as legal minority) that bars a marriage, if known, but that does not void the marriage if discovered after the ceremony, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 756....
absolute
absolute 1 a : free from qualification, condition, exception, or restriction [rights that even seem have these qualifications "Long v. Rockwood, 277 U.S. 142 (1927)"] see also absolute ownership at ownership compare qualified b in the civil law of Louisiana : having or allowing no legal effect [an impediment] 2 : final and not liable to modification sometimes used after the word it modifies [divorce ] compare nisi ab·so·lute·ly adv ...
bar
bar often attrib 1 a : the railing in a courtroom that encloses the area around the judge where prisoners are stationed in criminal cases or where the business of the court is transacted in civil cases compare bench, dock, jury box, stand b : court tribunal [the younger judge brought a fresh viewpoint to the ] 2 a : the whole body of lawyers ;esp : those qualified to practice in the courts of a particular jurisdiction [admitted to the Arizona ] [the bankruptcy ] compare bench b : the profession or occupation of lawyer c : bar examination [passed the ] 3 : something that prevents admission, progress, or action: as a : an intangible impediment, obstacle, or barrier [the restrictive covenant raised a racial ] [consent of the victim is a to conviction] b : the permanent preclusion of a claim or action esp. due to the loss of a previous suit based on the same cause of action and between the same parties [its earlier successful suit against the purchaser for the price was a to...
nullity
nullity pl: -ties 1 : the quality or state of being null 2 : an act, proceeding, or contract void of legal effect compare impediment absolute nullity in the civil law of Louisiana : a contract or act considered void by virtue of a transgression of the public order, interest, law, or morals [a bigamous marriage is an absolute nullity "Louisiana Civil Code"] ;also : the quality or state of such a nullity NOTE: A marriage that is an absolute nullity does not have to be annulled to terminate its legal effects (as property rights). rel·a·tive nullity in the civil law of Louisiana : a nullity that can be cured by confirmation because the object involved is considered valid ;also : the quality or state of such a nullity NOTE: A contract that is a relative nullity may be annulled and the parties restored to their original positions. A marriage that is a relative nullity must be annulled to terminate the legal effects (as property rights) of the marriage. ...
relative
relative 1 : not absolute 2 in the civil law of Louisiana : having or allowing some legal effect [a impediment] [a simulation] see also relative nullity at nullity rel·a·tive·ly adv ...
Clog
That which hinders or impedes motion hence an encumbrance restraint or impediment of any kind...
Deobstruct
To remove obstructions or impediments in to clear from anything that hinders the passage of fluids as to deobstruct the pores or lacteals...
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