Obstacle comes from a Latin verb meaning “to disturb” or “to obstruct progress”, as if one were tripping over the feet of someone walking. In English, the obstacle always indicates an obstacle or obstacle on a path; For example, the lack of adequate roads and bridges would be seen as an obstacle to economic development. Obstacles usually stand in the way of something we want. So we can talk about a barrier to communication, marriage, or progress, but something that slows the progression of aging, disease, or decay is rarely called an obstacle. Obstacles or obstacles to the conclusion of contracts, such as ascoverture, childhood, lack of reason, etc. In civil law. Forbidden marriage. Absolute obstacles are those that prevent the person concerned from marrying without the marriage being invalid or punishable. The obstacles are those that invalidate a marriage; as if one of the parties was unable to marry because of a previous undissolved marriage. The obstacles to prohibition are those that do not invalidate the marriage, but punish the parties.
Relative barriers are those that affect only certain people in relation to each other; between two specific persons who are related within the limits of the forbidden degree. Bowyer, Mod. Zivilrecht, 44, 45. Childhood, for example, is an obstacle to the conclusion of certain contracts. Barriers to marriage include factors such as consanguinity between the parties or a previous marriage that is still valid. A disability or disability that prevents a person from entering into a contract.