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Webster 1913 Edition
Praemunire
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Præmˊu-ni′re
,Noun.
[Corrupted from L.
praemonere
to forewarn, cite. See Admonish
.] (Eng. Law)
(a)
The offense of introducing foreign authority into England, the penalties for which were originally intended to depress the civil power of the pope in the kingdom.
(b)
The writ grounded on that offense.
Wharton.
(c)
The penalty ascribed for the offense of præmunire.
Wolsey incurred a
præmunire
, and forfeited his honor, estate, and life. South.
☞ The penalties of præmunire were subsequently applied to many other offenses; but prosecutions upon a præmunire are at this day unheard of in the English courts.
Blackstone.
Præmˊu-ni′re
,Verb.
T.
1.
To subject to the penalties of præmunire.
[Obs.]
T. Ward.
Webster 1828 Edition
Praemunire
PRAEMUNI'RE
,Noun.
1.
A writ, or the offense for which it is granted. The offense consists in introducing a foreign authority or power into England, that is, introducing and maintaining the papal power, creating imperium in imperio, and yielding that obedience to the mandates of the pope, which constitutionally belongs to the king. Both the offense and the writ are so denominated from the words used in the writ, praemunine facias, cause A B to be forewarned to appear before us to answer the contempt wherewith he stands charged.2.
The penalty incurred by infringing a statute.