Definitions for praemunire

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praemunire prae·mu·ni·re

Spelling: [pree-myoo-nahy-ree]

IPA: /ˌpri myuˈnaɪ ri/

Praemunire is a 10 letter English word. It's valid Words with friends word worth 18 points.

You can make 441 anagrams from letters in praemunire (aeeimnprru).

Definitions for praemunire

noun

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.

Origin of praemunire

1375-1425; short for Medieval Latin praemūnīre faciās (for Latin praemonēre faciās that you cause (the person specified) to be forewarned), the operative words of the writ; praemūnīre to warn

Examples for praemunire

This measure was extended in 1365, and in 1393 by the great statute of praemunire.

Such, on the one hand, was the statute of praemunire, passed in the reign of Richard II.

This custom was put an end to by the Statute of praemunire .