Praemunire
[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.
/ˌpriːmjʊˈnaɪərɪ/
noun (English history)
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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