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What is crimen?

What is crimen? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. (religion) An impediment to marriage in the canon law of the Roman Catholic Church, preventing the marriage of people who had murdered an existing spouse in order to remarry (even without committing adultery).
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Samrem had laid a crimen injuria charge against Malema in Pietermaritzburg after he used the derogatory term against Indians during a Gauteng speech.
Gunn said the charges ranged from intimidation, assault by threats, crimen injuria and contraventions of the Post Office Act.
Crimen injuria is the unlawful, intentional and serious violation of the dignity or privacy of another person.
Sampson had several other cases against him, including assault, crimen injuria and malicious damage to property.
The woman pleaded guilty to crimen injuria and was fined R1500 in court.
The principle of prohibiting the continued application of such laws is called nullum crimen, nulla poena sine praevia lege poenali, especially in European Continental systems.

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