praemunire
[pree-myoo-nahy-ree]
- a writ charging the offense of resorting to a foreign court or authority, as that of the pope, and thus calling in question the supremacy of the English crown.
- the offense.
- the penalty of forfeiture, imprisonment, outlawry, etc., incurred.
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Origin of praemunire
1375–1425; short for Medieval Latin praemūnīre faciās (for Latin praemonēre faciās that you cause (the person specified) to be forewarned), the operative words of the writ; praemūnīre to warn (Latin: protect, literally, fortify); replacing late Middle English premunire facias < Medieval Latin, as above. See prae-, muniment
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Historical Examples
This measure was extended in 1365, and in 1393 by the great statute of Praemunire.
This custom was put an end to by the Statute of Praemunire .
Education in England in the Middle AgesAlbert William Parry
Such, on the one hand, was the statute of praemunire, passed in the reign of Richard II.
A Key to the Knowledge of Church History (Ancient)John Henry Blunt
praemunire
- a writ charging with the offence of resorting to a foreign jurisdiction, esp to that of the Pope, in a matter determinable in a royal court
- the statute of Richard II defining this offence
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Word Origin
C14: from the Medieval Latin phrase (in the text of the writ) praemūnīre faciās, literally: that you cause (someone) to be warned in advance, from Latin praemūnīre to fortify or protect in front, from prae in front + mūnīre to fortify; in Medieval Latin the verb was confused with Latin praemonēre to forewarn
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