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PR'SENTI. A marriage entered into in a jurisdiction other than where the parties reside to avoid some legal impediment that exists where they live; a runaway marriage, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 709. When Lord Hardwicke's
Impedimentum dirimens
Impedimentum dirimens, 'cause or impediment' to marriage which is not removed by the actual solemnisation of the rite, but
Pre-contract
prior agreement to marry a third person, such prior agreement was called a pre-contract. It was a canonical impediment to the marriage of either party. The Ecclesiastical Courts would formerly enforce this agreement, by compelling the parties
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Marriage
it each of the parties must declare, 'I do solemnly declare, that I know not of any lawful impediment why I, A.B., may not be joined in matrimony to C.D.,' and each any to the other, 'I
Notwithstanding anything in the Constitution
in spite of the other articles of the Constitution, or that the other articles shall not be an impediment to the operation of Art. 278, South India Corporation (P) Ltd. v. Secretary, Board of Revenue, AIR 1964
Perpetuity
not bar or pass the estate. It is odious in law, destructive to the common wealth, and an impediment to commerce, by preventing the wholesome circulation of property. The rule against perpetuities, or the doctrine of remoteness,
Remoto impedimento emergit actio
Remoto impedimento emergit actio. Wing. 20, (An impediment being removed, an action emerges.'
Sanction and direction
mind is necessary, but there is this essential difference that in the one case there is a legal impediment to the prosecution if there be no sanction, and in the other case, there is a positive order
Arbitrariness
satisfy the test of reasonableness. Where a mode is prescribed for doing an act and there is no impediment in following that procedure, performance of the act otherwise and in a manner which does not disclose any
VerbarSi quis
A notification by a candidate for orders of his intention to inquire whether any impediment may be alleged against him
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