Definition of Praemunire. Meaning of Praemunire. Synonyms of Praemunire

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Definition of Praemunire

Praemunire
Praemunire Pr[ae]m`u*ni"re, n. [Corrupted from L. praemonere to forewarn, cite. See Admonish.] (Eng. Law) (a) The offense of introducing foreign authority into England, the penalties for which were originally intended to depress the civil power of the pope in the kingdom. (b) The writ grounded on that offense. --Wharton. (c) The penalty ascribed for the offense of pr[ae]munire. Wolsey incurred a pr[ae]munire, and forfeited his honor, estate, and life. --South. Note: The penalties of pr[ae]munire were subsequently applied to many other offenses; but prosecutions upon a pr[ae]munire are at this day unheard of in the English courts. --Blackstone.

Meaning of Praemunire from wikipedia

- In English history, praemunire or praemunire facias (Ecclesiastical Latin: [prɛ.mu.ˈniː.rɛ ˈfaː.t͡ʃi.as]) refers to a 14th-century law that prohibited...
- The Statute of Praemunire (16 Ric. 2. c. 5) was an Act of the Parliament of England enacted in 1392, during the reign of Richard II. Its intention was...
- year; they were liable to the forfeitures of praemunire for the second offence. The penalties of praemunire were: exclusion from the sovereign's protection...
- an annulment lost, Cardinal Wolsey bore the blame. He was charged with praemunire in October 1529, and his fall from grace was "sudden and total". Briefly...
- that of the King of England. Parliament's reinstatement of the charge of praemunire in 1529 had made it a crime to support in public or office the claim of...
- Cardinal's friend.". Henry finally agreed to Wolsey's arrest on grounds of praemunire. Had it not been for his death from illness in 1530, Wolsey might have...
- ills—such as vagabondage—and the church, for example restricting recourse to praemunire. Although various laws had sought to restrict appeal to church courts...
- announce his episcopal consecration without incurring the penalty of the Præmunire Act. In 1784, he believed he could no longer wait for the Bishop of London...
- In October 1530 Cromwell surprised even his mentor Wolsey by taking praemunire action against the English clergy, essentially accusing them of appealing...
- the secular courts, were aggrieved monks and nuns to obtain a writ of praemunire.[citation needed] The King actively supported Wolsey, Fisher and Richard...