English Explanatory Dictionary

praemunire

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The offence in English law of bringing suit in or obeying a foreign (especially papal) court or authority, thus challenging the supremacy of the Crown. The offence was created by the Statute of Praemunire 1393 (16 Richard II, chapter 5), and abolished by the Criminal Law Act 1967 (chapter 58).
  2. The writ charging a person with this offence, the writ of praemunire facias.
  3. Any of a number of criminal offences incurring similar penalties to the original offence of praemunire.
  4. Crime, offence, wrongdoing.
  5. The penalty for this offence.
  6. A difficulty or predicament.
verb
  1. To charge with the offence of praemunire; to subject to the penalties of praemunire.

Pronunciation

/ˌpɹiː.mjʊˈnɪə.ɹi/ /ˌpɹiː.mjuːˈnɪə.ɹi/ en-uk-praemunire.opus /ˌpɹi.mjəˈnɪɹ.i/

Word forms

praemunire praemunires praemuniring praemunired præmunire premunire

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin praemūnīre, shortened form of praemunire facias (“that you cause to be forewarned”) from the opening words of the writ: praemūnīre (“to fortify (defend in advance)”) (an error for praemonēre (“to forewarn”)) + faciās (“you make”).

This entry uses open data from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA/GFDL). Word forms are used for search and are not indexed as separate pages.
Back to search All on P Russian dictionary Dahl dictionary