praemunire facias (English, noun)
expansion: praemunire facias
Senses:
topics: law
glosses: More fully writ of praemunire facias: a writ directing a sheriff to forewarn a person that he or she must appear before a court to answer a criminal charge of having brought a suit in or obeyed a foreign (especially papal) court or authority, thus challenging the supremacy of the Crown; a praemunire.
tags: England
historical
Forms:
form: præmunire facias
tags: alternative
obsolete
form: premunire facias
tags: alternative
obsolete