Code of Federal Regulations (alpha)

CFR /  Title 20  /  Part 725  /  Sec. 725.230 Legal impediment.

For purposes of this subpart, ``legal impediment'' means an impediment resulting from the lack of dissolution of a previous marriage or otherwise arising out of such previous marriage or its dissolution or resulting from a defect in the procedure followed in connection with the purported marriage ceremony--for example, the solemnization of a marriage only through a religious ceremony in a country which requires a civil ceremony for a valid marriage.