Praemunire

Origin

Shortened form of praemunire facias.

Noun

1. (legal, historical) The offence, in English law, of appealing to or obeying a foreign court or authority, especially a papal court or authority.
• 2009, Hilary Mantel, Wolf Hall, Fourth Estate 2010, p. 165:The law of praemunire dates from another century. No one who is alive now quite knows what it means.

Full definition of praemunire

Verb

1. (obsolete) To subject to the penalties of praemunire.----