canon law. Those bars to a marriage, which, if consummated, render it null. They differ from prohibitive impediments. … [Read more...] about DIRIMANT IMPEDIMENTS
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DIOCESE
The territorial extent of a bishop's jurisdiction. The circuit of every bishop's jurisdiction. Co. Litt. 94; 1 Bl. Comm. 111. … [Read more...] about DIOCESE
DIRECT EVIDENCE
Evidence that clearly and directly relates the proof of an existence of a fact in court. This is as opposed to circumstantial evidence, which is the need to use indirect facts to establish what is likely to have occurred. That which applies immediately to the fadum probandum, without any intervening process; as, if A testifies he saw B inflict a mortal wound on C, of which he, … [Read more...] about DIRECT EVIDENCE
DIRIMENT IMPEDIMENTS
In canon law. Absolute bars to marriage, which would make It null ab initio. … [Read more...] about DIRIMENT IMPEDIMENTS
DIOICHIA
The district over which a bishop exercised his spiritual functions. … [Read more...] about DIOICHIA