CRIMEN

Etymology

Noun

crimen (uncountable)

(religion) An impediment to marriage in the canon law of the Roman Catholic Church, preventing the marriage of people who had murdered an existing spouse in order to remarry (even without committing adultery).

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• mincer

Source: Wiktionary



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