prae·mu·ni·re (pr  my -n  r)n. 1. The offense under English law of appealing to or obeying a foreign court or authority, thus challenging the supremacy of the Crown. 2. The writ charging this offense. 3. The penalty for this offense. [Short for Middle English premunire facias, a writ of praemunire, from Medieval Latin praem  nre faci s : praemnre, to warn (from Latin, to fortify : prae-, pre- + mnre, to defend; see munition) + Latin facis, that you cause, second person sing. present subjunctive of facere, to do (words used in the writ).] |
praemunire [ˌpriːmjʊˈnaɪərɪ]
n English history
1. (Law) 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. (Law) the statute of Richard II defining this offence
[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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