praemunire facias

/P R IY0 M Y UW0 N IH1 R EY0 F EY0 S IY0 AH0 Z/
noun
  1. 1

    (law, England, historical) 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.

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