marriage annulments
Unions legally erased
A marriage annulment is a legal declaration that a marriage was never valid, as opposed to a divorce, which ends a valid marriage.
Grounds typically include fraud, bigamy, incapacity, or failure to consummate.
Religious annulments, particularly in Catholicism, allow remarriage within the church: She sought an annulment so she could marry again in the cathedral.
- Catholic ChurchPope-led Christian denomination
- church weddingMarriage ceremony in religious building
- catechismReligious teaching guide
- fraudIntentional criminal trickery
- petitionFormal written appeal
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- papal lawpapal bulls, encyclicals
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Formal union between partners
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