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
Word origin
C14: 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
praemunire in American English
(ˌprimjuˈnaɪri)
noun English; Obsolete
1.
any of the writs charging a person with the offense of challenging royal authority, specif., by accepting the authority of the pope over that of thecrown
2.
the offense itself
3.
the penalty for this offense
Word origin
short for ML praemunire (facias), (see to it) that you warn, used for L praemonere, to forewarn < prae-, before (see pre-) + monere, to warn (see monitor)