Voiding (annulling) laws

Laws that make an act void; those affecting the act, the person, or its form; ignorance and fear do not save the act; voiding laws in English jurisprudence.

The works themselves ask 3 questions under this heading — see them together with their answers.

Also asked about as…

irritating law (ed.)

In the index as Irritating law (Lex Irritans) · Law · Irritating · Canon law · Ignorance (Ignorantia) · Code of Canon Law · Different regimes · Extension of law · Incapacitating law · Obligation of law · Retrotraction

In the manuals

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Summa of Moral Theology (Summa Theologiae Moralis)

Hieronymus Noldin, S.J. — 3 passages

§ 2. On Invalidating Law., nn. 166, 167 & 168 (3 passages — hover a number to read it)

A Manual of Moral Theology for English-Speaking Countries

Thomas Slater, S.J. — 5 passages

Vol. I, Bk. III, Ch. X, Section IV. Penal and Voiding Laws, nn. 3, 4, 5 & 6 (4 passages — hover a number to read it)

Vol. I, Bk. III, Ch. X, Section V. Civil or Municipal Law, n. 5 — The effect of voiding laws in English jurisprudence seems to be not to invalidate an act or a contract which is otherwise valid, but to empower the party concerned to annul it if he choose to take advantage of the law. U… Read in context →

Manual of Moral Theology (Manuale Theologiae Moralis)

Ludovicus Wouters, C.SS.R. — 5 passages

Vol. I, Bk. I, Tr. II, Diss. II, Pt. I, Sect. III, Ch. I, Art. VII, § II, Point IV. On Invalidating Law, nn. 155, 156, 157, 158 & 159 (5 passages — hover a number to read it)

Theologia Moralis Sancti Alphonsi: Reduced into a Compendium

Anthony Konings, C.SS.R. — 2 passages

Vol. I, TREATISE ON LAWS, PART SECOND: ON THE PRINCI…, Ch. III, ARTICLE II: ON IRRITATING LAW, nn. ¶181 & ¶182 (2 passages — hover a number to read it)

Summa Theologiae Moralis

Benedict Henry Merkelbach, O.P. — 36 passages

Vol. I, General Moral Theology, Treatise: On Laws in General, Section B: On the Laws Whi…, Fourth Part: On Human and …, First Question: On Human L…, Article V: On the Division of Human Law, nn. ¶1, 277 & 278 (20 passages — hover a number to read it)

Vol. I, General Moral Theology, Treatise: On Laws in General, Sect. C, Sixth Part: On Ecclesiasti…, Second Question: On the Po…, Article IV: On the Quality and Extension of the Obligation of Invalidating Law, nn. 352, 353 & 354 (16 passages — hover a number to read it)

Treated under the broader heading Civil Law — McHugh–Callan, Moral Theology · Gury-Ballerini, Compendium of Moral Theology (8th ed., 1884) · Tanquerey · Vermeersch, Theologia Moralis · Marc, Institutiones Morales · Prümmer, Manuale Theologiae Moralis · Sabetti-Barrett, Compendium of Moral Theology — these works do not divide the matter as finely as we do here, so their treatment stands one heading up (ed.)