Raptio

Raptio ( Latin for " kidnapping " ), traditionally called " abduction " is a technical term of the Catholic church law for the marriage obstacle that arises from the forcible abduction of a woman ( For other uses, see bride kidnapping ).

The impediment arises when a woman is abducted or at least imprisoned, to move them to a marriage with a particular partner, regardless of whether the potential partner or a third of the kidnappers, and whether the woman received also freely marriage would be. A marriage between the kidnapped woman and this man can be valid only if the wife in a safe place the marriage of their own free will, wishes separated from the hijackers (see Canon 1089 of the Code of Canon Law 1983).

However, this impediment is not applicable to a kidnapped man. This probably has its origin in the fact that the Catholic Church law was not arranged systematically until 1917, but consisted of various collections of laws and legal decisions. There is never a case become relevant, in which a kidnapped man had been forced into marriage. However, that does not mean that a man could be forced abduction for marriage: In such a case, although would be no impediment to marriage, there could be but because of coercion or fear no marriage consensus come about (see also forced marriage ).

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