praemunire

American  

[pree-myoo-nahy-ree] / ˌpri myuˈnaɪ ri /

noun

English Law.

1. 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.

2. the offense.

3. the penalty of forfeiture, imprisonment, outlawry, etc., incurred.

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praemunire British  

/ ˌpriːmjʊˈnaɪərɪ /

noun

1. 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

2. the statute of Richard II defining this offence

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Etymology

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

Example Sentences

Henry established the supremacy of the State by letters patent, praemunire, and conge d'elire.

From The Life of Froude by Paul, Herbert W. (Herbert Woodfield)

The temporal lords on a commission appointed to enquire into the matter sided with Standish, and declared that the Bishops had incurred the penalties of praemunire.

From England under the Tudors by Innes, Arthur D. (Arthur Donald)

The statute of praemunire, a generation later, prepares the way for Wyclif.

From The Origins and Destiny of Imperial Britain Nineteenth Century Europe by Cramb, J. A. (John Adam)

This relief was declared by Coke and other judges sitting with him to be illegal, and a counter-attack was made by a praemunire, brought against the parties concerned in the suit in chancery.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 3 "Borgia, Lucrezia" to "Bradford, John" by Various

He was sent to the Marshalsea, and a few years later was indicted on a charge of praemunire on refusing the oath when tendered him by his diocesan, Bishop Horne of Winchester.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 2 "Bohemia" to "Borgia, Francis" by Various