The Collaborative International Dictionary
Premunire \Prem`u*ni"re\, n. (Law) See Pr[ae]munire.
Wiktionary
n. 1 The offense under English law of appealing to or obeying a foreign court or authority, thus challenging the supremacy of the Crown. 2 The writ charging this offense. 3 The penalty for this offense.
Usage examples of "premunire".
He then exhorted him, with many protestations of friendship, to compromise the unhappy affair by exchanging releases with the attorney before his delirium should be known, otherwise he would bring himself into a most dangerous premunire, whether the plaintiff should die of his wound, or live to prosecute him for assault.
Justice, and there I found that the penalties attached to a premunire, were attainder, forfeiture of goods, incapacity to bring an action, and liability to be slain by any one with impunity.
Whoever maintained the authority of the bishop of Rome by word or writ, or endeavored in any manner to restore it in England, was subjected to the penalty of a premunire that is, his goods were forfeited, and he was put out of the protection of law.
All the persons comprised in this and the forgoing article were indulged with a general pardon of all attainders, outlawries, treasons, misprisons of treason, premunires, felonies, trespasses, and other crimes and misdemeanors whatsoever, committed since the beginning of the reign of James II.