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/ˈkɹaɪmən/ · noun
(law, ecclesiastical law) An impediment to Catholic marriage due to a conspiracy to murder or a death of a previous spouse..
1884, The Irish Ecclesiastical Record, 3rd Series, Volume V, page 416, Such presumptions are common in connection with crimen and affinity.
2006, Fellowship of Catholic Scholars Quarterly, Volumes 29-30, Fellowship of Catholic Scholars, page 7, Third, some might think that Michael avoids the impediment of crimen because a civil court approved his petition to deprive Terri of nutrition and hydration.
Use crimen when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Crimen means (law, ecclesiastical law) An impediment to Catholic marriage due to a conspiracy to murder or a death of a previous spouse..
Common synonyms include impediment of crime.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
1884, The Irish Ecclesiastical Record, 3rd Series, Volume V, page 416, Such presumptions are common in connection with crimen and affinity.
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