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praemunire facias

Syllables: prae·mu·ni·re fa·ci·asUK/ˌpɹiː.mjʊˈnɪə.ɹi ˈfeɪ.ʃi.əs/US/ˌpɹi.mjəˈnɪ.ɹ.i ˈfeɪ.ʃi.əs/

praemunire facias noun: more fully writ of praemunire facias: a writ directing a sheriff to forewarn a person that they 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.

Noun

praemunire facias

  1. (England, historical) More fully writ of praemunire facias: a writ directing a sheriff to forewarn a person that they 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.
    • It [praemunire] is named, from the words of the writ, preparatory to the prosecution thereof, "Præmunire facias A. B. – Cause A. B. to be forewarned – that he appear before us to answer the contempt wherewith he stands charged;" which contempt is particularly recited in the preamble to the writ....1820, Thomas Edlyne Tomlins, The Law-dictionary: Explaining the Rise, Progress, and Present State of the British Law; Defining and Interpreting the Terms or Words of art; and Comprising also Copious...
    • Sect. 196. Also, there are sixe manner of men, […] who, if they sue, judgement may be demanded, if they shall be answered, &c. […] Sect. 199. The fourth is a man, who by judgement given against him upon a writ of praemunire facias, &c. is out of the king's protection.1832 (originally 1628), Edward Coke; Francis Hargrave and Charles Butler, editors, The First Part of the Institutes of the Laws of England; or, a Commentary Upon Littleton: Not the Name of the Author...

Forms of praemunire facias

alternative form (obsolete)præmunire facias
alternative form (obsolete)premunire facias

Origin of praemunire facias

From Middle English premunire facias, premunire fac', from Latin praemunire facias (“that you cause to be forewarned”) from the opening words of the writ: praemūnīre (“you fortify (defend in advance)”) (an error for praemonēre (“you forewarn”)) + faciās (“you make”).

Questions about praemunire facias

What does praemunire facias mean?
Praemunire facias means more fully writ of praemunire facias: a writ directing a sheriff to forewarn a person that they 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.
What part of speech is praemunire facias?
Praemunire facias is a noun.
How do you pronounce praemunire facias?
Praemunire facias is pronounced /ˌpɹiː.mjʊˈnɪə.ɹi ˈfeɪ.ʃi.əs/ (UK).

Words near praemunire facias in the dictionary

  1. praemium
  2. praemolar
  3. praemolars
  4. praemorse
  5. praemunire
  6. praemunire facias
  7. praemunired
  8. praemunires
  9. praemuniring
  10. praenasal
  11. Praeneste

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