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Webster 1913 Edition

Diriment

Dir′i-ment

,

Adj.

[L.

dirimens

, p. pr. of

dirimere

. See

.]

(Law)

Absolute.

Diriment impediment

(R. C. Ch.)

,

an impediment that nullifies marriage.

Definition 2024

diriment

diriment

English

Adjective

diriment ‎(not comparable)

(religion, of an impediment to marriage) Serving to invalidate an attempted marriage.

See also

impedient

Latin

Verb

diriment

third-person plural future active indicative of dirimō