Time Does Not Confer Validity

Non firmatur tractu temporis quod de iure ab initio non subsistit. “What is null at the start does not become valid with the passage of time” (Regula Iuris XVIII [1298]).

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Source: Dr. Edward Peters, "What to Know Before Asserting That a Typical Annulment ‘Makes No Sense’," In the Light of the Law, September 30, 2014, accessed September 30, 2014, http://canonlawblog.wordpress.com/2014/09/30/what-to-know-before-asserting-that-a-typical-annulment-makes-no-sense/.