impediment

impediment
im·ped·i·ment /im-'pe-də-mənt/ n: something that prevents or interferes with a process, power, or right
should have known of the legal impediment s to the execution of any judgment against the police jury — Penalber v. Blount, 550 So. 2d 577 (1989); specif: a bar to the formation of a valid contract or marriage compare nullity

Merriam-Webster’s Dictionary of Law. . 1996.

impediment
I noun bar, barrier, block, blockade, blockage, brake, burden, censorship, check, clog, complication, constraint, counteraction, damper, delay, deterrent, deterrence, difficulty, disability, disadvantage, discouragement, drawback, encumbrance, estoppel, fetter, frustration, hamper, hampering, handicap, hindrance, holdback, impedimentum, impasse, imposition, inconvenience, inhibition, interference, interruption, limitation, load, objection, obstacle, obstruction, obtrusion, opposition, preclusion, predicament, prevention, prohibition, resistance, restraint, restriction, retardation, retardment, setback, shackle, snag, stop, stoppage, stumbling block, trammel associated concepts: absolute impediment, detrimental impediment, impediment to a legal remedy, legal impediment, prohibitive impediments, relative impediments foreign phrases:
- Non valet impedimentum quod de jure non sortitur effectum. — An impediment which has no effect in law is of no force.
- Remoto Impedlmento, emerglt actio. — The impediment being removed, the action comes to life
II index bar (obstruction), barrier, blockade (barrier), burden, censorship, check (bar), complication, constraint (restriction), damper (stopper), delay, deterrence, disadvantage, drawback, encumbrance, estoppel, fetter, filibuster, frustration, halt, handicap, hindrance, impasse, imposition (excessive burden), incumbrance (burden), interruption, obstacle, obstruction, onus (burden), predicament, prohibition, restraint, restriction

Burton's Legal Thesaurus. . 2006


impediment
A disability or obstruction that prevents an individual from entering into a contract.

Dictionary from West's Encyclopedia of American Law. 2005.


impediment
A disability or obstruction that prevents an individual from entering into a contract.

Short Dictionary of (mostly American) Legal Terms and Abbreviations.

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  • Impediment — Im*ped i*ment, n. [L. impedimentum: cf. F. impediment.] That which impedes or hinders progress, motion, activity, or effect. [1913 Webster] Thus far into the bowels of the land Have we marched on without impediment. Shak. [1913 Webster]… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • impediment — IMPEDIMÉNT, impedimente, s.n. Piedică, obstacol în calea realizării unei intenţii. – Din lat. impedimentum. cf. it. i m p e d i m e n t o. Trimis de gall, 13.09.2007. Sursa: DEX 98  IMPEDIMÉNT s. v. dificultate. Trimis de siveco, 13.09.2007.… …   Dicționar Român

  • impediment — ► NOUN 1) a hindrance or obstruction. 2) (also speech impediment) a defect in a person s speech, such as a lisp or stammer …   English terms dictionary

  • Impediment — Im*ped i*ment, v. t. To impede. [R.] Bp. Reynolds. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Impedĭment — (lat.), Hindernis …   Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon

  • Impediment — Impediment, lat. dtsch., Hinderniß; impedimenta, der Train des Heeres; impedimentum legitimum, gesetzlich anerkanntes Hinderniß; impediren, verhindern; Impedition, Verhinderung …   Herders Conversations-Lexikon

  • impediment — (n.) c.1400, from L. impedimentem hindrance, from impedire impede, lit. to shackle the feet, from assimilated form of in into, in (see IN (Cf. in ) (2)) + pes (gen. pedis) foot (see FOOT (Cf. foot) (n.)) …   Etymology dictionary

  • impediment — *obstacle, obstruction, bar, snag Analogous words: *difficulty, hardship, rigor, vicissitude: barrier, *bar: handicap (see ADVANTAGE 1) Antonyms: aid, assistance: advantage (sense 1) …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • impediment — [n] obstruction, hindrance bar, barricade, barrier, block, blockage, bottleneck*, burden, catch*, Catch 22*, chain, check, clog, cramp, curb, dead weight*, defect, delay, deterrent, detriment, difficulty, disadvantage, drag*, drawback,… …   New thesaurus

  • impediment — [im ped′ə mənt] n. [ME < L impedimentum, hindrance] 1. Now Rare an impeding or being impeded; obstruction 2. anything that impedes; specif., a) a speech defect; stutter, lisp, stammer, etc. b) anything preventing the making of a legal contract …   English World dictionary

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