Prohibition of entering a marriage in the Code of Canon Law of 1983 and in Instruction Dignitas Connubii Cover Image

Zakaz zawarcia małżeństwa w Kodeksie Prawa Kanonicznego z 1983 r. i instrukcji procesowej Dignitas connubii
Prohibition of entering a marriage in the Code of Canon Law of 1983 and in Instruction Dignitas Connubii

Author(s): Magdalena Kołbuc
Subject(s): Law, Constitution, Jurisprudence
Published by: Towarzystwo Naukowe KUL & Katolicki Uniwersytet Lubelski Jana Pawła II
Keywords: marriage; clause; sentence; prohibition; małżeństwo; klauzula; wyrok; zakaz

Summary/Abstract: It is necessary to meet the several prerequisites for legally binding prohibition of entering a marriage. The first prerequisite is prohibition issued by a competent church authority – the tribunal of first instance or the tribunal of appeal, the second one is prohibition addressed to certain person – which causes the nullity of the marriage concerned, or people – if this cause concerned each parties. Reasonable causes for the grounds of imposing a prohibition determine the third significant element. Legislator mentions judgment of nullity by reason of a permanent incapacity and absolutely impotent. In these circumstances a vetitum is obligatory, however there is also vetitum possibility by declaration of nullity by reason of simulation or deception. It is necessary to give rational arguments by a Tribunal while adding a vetitum to the sentence. In the case at issue tribunal should consider all the circumstances significant for the case, so that moralis certitudo was achieved.

  • Issue Year: 1/2012
  • Issue No: 1 (14)
  • Page Range: 179-194
  • Page Count: 16
  • Language: Polish