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impediment Law an obstruction to the making of a contract, esp a contract of marriage by reason of closeness of blood or affinity |
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Challenger, who, being satisfied that no criticism or comment in this book is meant in an offensive spirit, has guaranteed that he will place no impediment to its publication and circulation. The growing crowd, he said, was becoming a serious impediment to their excavations, especially the boys. By this time the gentleman in the front seat, who had been addressed as Monsieur Le Quoi, had arisen with some difficulty, owing to the impediment of his overcoats, and steadying himself by placing one hand on the stool of the charioteer, with the other he removed his cap, and bowing politely to the Judge and profoundly to Elizabeth, he paid his compliments. |
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