praemunire
/pree-myoo-nahy-ree/US // ˌpri myuˈnaɪ ri //UK // (ˌpriːmjʊˈnaɪərɪ) //
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Definitions
n.名词 noun
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English Law.
- : 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.
- : the offense.
- : the penalty of forfeiture, imprisonment, outlawry, etc., incurred.
Examples
This custom was put an end to by the Statute of Praemunire .
Han't I brought myself into a fine praemunire, to begin writing letters in whole sheets?
Such, on the one hand, was the statute of praemunire, passed in the reign of Richard II.
This measure was extended in 1365, and in 1393 by the great statute of Praemunire.
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