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1. (n.) praemunire
the offense of appealing to the authority of a foreign court, esp. that of the pope, and thus questioning the supremacy of the English crown.
Etymology: (1375–1425; late ME, short for ML praemūnīre faciās, for L praemonēre faciās that you cause (the person specified) to be forewarned, the operative words of the writ)
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1. (noun) praemunire
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
2. (noun) praemunire
the writ grounded on that offense
3. (noun) praemunire
the penalty ascribed for the offense of praemunire
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