praemunire
[ pree-myoo-nahy-ree ]
/ ˌpri myuˈnaɪ ri /
noun English Law.
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.
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
Words nearby praemunire
praecipe,
praecipitatio,
praedial,
praefect,
praelect,
praemunire,
praeneste,
praenestine,
praenomen,
praepostor,
praesepe
Example sentences from the Web for praemunire
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 BluntThis 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 Ages |Albert William Parry
British Dictionary definitions for praemunire
praemunire
/ (ˌpriːmjʊˈnaɪərɪ) /
noun English history
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
Word Origin for praemunire
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