I goofed, and forgot to bold the example in the story, so, I went back and did that. As an adjective, it is tricky to work in. I used it to describe the noun "effect," but, it could used to describe an attitude, or a law.

In terms of the stuff that could be used to nullify a marriage, it's a longish list: Under the present Code of Canon Law these impediments are: defect of age, impotence, difference of worship (baptized and unbaptized), Sacred Orders, solemn vows, abduction, crime (adultery, homicide, or both), relationship, or affinity, within proscribed degrees, spiritual relationship, legal relationship (adoption when State forbids marriage between adopter and adopted), clandestinity, public decency.