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forcibly abducted and the man who abducted her for the 

 purpose of marriage, even if the former went of her own 

 free choice to the place where she is forcibly detained by 

 the latter for the purpose of inducing her to marry him. 

 But the impediment ceases as soon as the woman is set 

 free and willingly consents to the marriage (canon 1074). 



10. The impediment of crime, as described in canon 

 1075, contains three distinct impediments. The first is 

 contracted if a man and a woman, while at least one 

 of them is lawfully married, commit adultery with the 

 mutual promise to marry each other, or if they at- 

 tempt civil marriage. The second is contracted if a 

 man and a woman, while at least one of them is law- 

 fully married, commit adultery with each other and one 

 of them kills his or her lawful spouse. The third impedi- 

 ment is contracted if a man and a woman cooperate 

 physically or morally in bringing about the death of hus- 

 band or wife, even though the crime of adultery was not 

 committed. 



11. The diriment impediment of consanguinity or 

 blood-relationship extends, according to canon 1076, to 

 all degrees in the direct line upward (father, grandfather, 

 etc.), and downward (son, grandson, etc.). In the col- 

 lateral (side) line it extends only to the third degree, in- 

 clusive. The same canon also forbids marriage when 

 there is positive doubt whether the parties are related by 

 blood in any degree of the direct line or in the first de- 

 gree of the collateral line. 



12. Affinity (relationship by marriage) constitutes a 

 diriment impediment in all degrees of the direct line, and 

 up to the second degree, inclusive, of the collateral line 

 (canon 1077) ; which means that the marriage of a 

 woman after the death of her husband with any of his 

 blood relatives in the direct line, and to the second de- 



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