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  2. Declaration of nullity - Wikipedia

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    A "Declaration of Nullity" is not the dissolution of an existing marriage (as is a dispensation from a marriage ratum sed non consummatum and an "annulment" in civil law), but rather a determination that consent was never validly exchanged due to a failure to meet the requirements to enter validly into matrimony and thus a marriage never existed.

  3. Annulment - Wikipedia

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    In the canon law of the Catholic Church, an annulment is properly called a "Declaration of Nullity", because according to Catholic doctrine, the marriage of baptized persons is a sacrament and, once consummated and thereby confirmed, cannot be dissolved as long as the parties to it are alive. A "Declaration of Nullity" is not dissolution of a ...

  4. Vetitum - Wikipedia

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    t. e. In the canon law of the Catholic Church, a vetitum ( Latin for "a prohibited thing") is a prohibition, in the form of a precept, imposed by an ecclesiastical judge on a particular individual, in connection with declaring the nullity of marriage, that prevents them from contracting another marriage, at least until the cause of the nullity ...

  5. Ratum sed non consummatum - Wikipedia

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    The term ratum sed non consummatum (Latin: ratified but not consummated) or ratum et non consummatum[1] (Latin: ratified and not consummated) refers to a juridical-sacramental category of marriage in Catholic matrimonial canon law. If a matrimonial celebration takes place (ratification) but the spouses have not yet engaged in intercourse ...

  6. Matrimonial nullity trial reforms of Pope Francis - Wikipedia

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    The matrimonial nullity trial reforms of Pope Francis are the reforms of the Canon law of the Catholic Church governing such trials, made public on 8 September 2015. The reforms were effected by two separate apostolic letters [1] from Pope Francis: the motu proprio Mitis Iudex Dominus Iesus amending the 1983 Code of Canon Law, and the motu ...

  7. Declaration (law) - Wikipedia

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    In the canon law of the Catholic Church, a declaration of nullity, (commonly called an annulment and less commonly a decree of nullity) [1] is authoritative judgment on the part of an ecclesiastical tribunal juridically establishing the fact that a marriage was invalidly contracted or, less frequently, a judgment juridically establishing the fact that an ordination was invalidly conferred.

  8. Roman Rota - Wikipedia

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    t. e. The Roman Rota, formally the Apostolic Tribunal of the Roman Rota (Latin: Tribunal Apostolicum Rotae Romanae), and anciently the Apostolic Court of Audience, is the highest appellate tribunal of the Catholic Church, with respect to both Latin Church members [1] and the Eastern Catholic members [2] and is the highest ecclesiastical court ...

  9. List of motu proprios - Wikipedia

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    Canon law of theCatholic Church. This is a sortable, incomplete, list of motu proprios by pontifical authors. Pastoral care for the sick and erection of the Pontifical Council for the Pastoral Care of Health Care Workers. Established a new coordinating agency for economic and administrative affairs of the Holy See and the Vatican City State.