ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD PRAEMUNIRE
From the Medieval Latin phrase (in the text of the writ) praemūnīre faciās, literally: that you cause (someone) to be warned in advance, from Latin praemūnīre to fortify or protect in front, from prae in front + mūnīre to fortify; in Medieval Latin the verb was confused with Latin praemonēre to forewarn.
10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PRAEMUNIRE»
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The Law-dictionary, Explaining the Rise, Progress, and ...
1 ; being, according to Coke, the foundation of all the subsequent statutes of
praemunire. It recites, that the abbots, priors, and governors had, at their own
pleasure, set divers impositions upon the monasteries and houses in their
subjection ; to ...
Sir Thomas Edlyne Tomlins, Thomas Colpitts Granger, 1835
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The London encyclopaedia: or, Universal dictionary of ...
3, all persons who accept any provision from the pope, to be exempt from
canonical obedience to their proper ordinary, are also subjected to the penalties
of praemunire. In the reign of Henry VIII. the penalties of praemunire were
extended to' ...
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The London encyclopaedia, or, Universal dictionary of ...
goods forfeited to the king's use, and they shall t* anached by their bodies to
answer to the king and his council; or process of praemunire facias ibsH be made
out against them, as in other cases rf provisors. By stat. 2 Henry IV. c. 3, all
persons ...
Thomas Curtis (of Grove house sch, Islington), 1839
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The Justice of the Peace and Parish Officer
... as dangerous riots, exorbitant refcoufes, mifprifion of treafon, praemunire, and
fudi like heinous offences. Yet it feems to be in a great meafure left to dif- cretion,
to judge in what cafes their crime is fo flagrant and enormous, that they ought not
...
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The London encyclopaedia: or Universal dictionary of ...
good* forfeited to the king's use, and they shall be attached by their bodies to
answer to the king and his council; or process of praemunire facias shall be
made out against them, as in other cases of provisors. By stat. 2 Henry IV. c.
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Historical Dictionary of Late Medieval England, 1272-1485
Jeffrey Sypeck Praemunire. Statutes of (1353, 1365, and 1393). These laws
forbade English subjects from bringing a suit in, or making an appeal to, a law
court outside England for any matter that fell within the jurisdiction of the king of ...
Ronald H. Fritze, William Baxter Robison, 2002
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Gifford's English lawyer; or, Every man his own lawyer, by ...
2. made liable to the penalties of praemunire.* By subsequent acts of parliament,
the penalties of praemunire have been applied to offenees which have little or no
relation to that from whence the name is derived. Thus, By the 1 & 2 P. <& M. c.
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The Law Dictionary: Defining and Interpreting the Terms of ...
1, to refuse the Oath of Supremacy will incur the pains of Praemunire ; and to
defend the Pope's juris- diction in this realm, is a Praemunire for the first offence,
and high treason for the second. So too, by stat. 13 Elii. c. 2. any persfn importing
...
Thomas-Edlyne Tomlins, 1810
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Commentaries on the laws of England: in four books, with an ...
By the statute 1 & 2 Ph. & Mar. c.8. to molest the possessors of abbey lands
granted by parliament to Henry the Eighth, and Edward the Sixth, is a praemunire
. 2. So likewise is the offence of acting as s> broker or agent in any usurious
contract, ...
Sir William Blackstone, Joseph Chitty, Edward Christian, 1861
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The Book of the Constitution of Great Britain
Pr^jjunire is a species of offence more immediately affecting the king and his
government, though not subject to capital punishment ; it is called praemunire
from the words of the writ preparatory to its prosecution ; "pramunire facias A. B."
that is, ...
6 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PRAEMUNIRE»
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praemunire is used in the context of the following news items.
Henry VIII and Cardinal Wolsey: The Monarch and His Power …
On 9 October 1529, they indicted for praemunire; he soon after confessed his guilt. Parliament assembled to indict him on forty-four charges. «Royal Central, Feb 15»
Wolf Hall recap: episode one – a clash of artistries to relish
He has been “attained in praemunire”. Finished. “They won't rest till they have my head,” he mutters to a dark-clad lawyer at his side. Wolsey is ... «The Guardian, Jan 15»
Robin Hood: Henry VIII's hero in green tights
Wolsey forefeited Hampton Court but the gift was not enough; he was charged with praemunire, serving the Pope over his King, and died on ... «New Statesman, Jun 14»
Lucy Worsley: Why Nigel Farage is following in Henry VIII's footsteps
He eventually got rid of Cardinal Wolsey by having him accused of “praemunire”, the crime of placing a foreign power – such as that of the pope ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Apr 14»
Laws, laws everywhere and not a drop of common sense
In the high middle ages, when the bastion of Deal helped to front down French malevolence, there was a useful law: the Statute of Praemunire. «Spectator.co.uk, Feb 13»
Henry VIII: The first Eurosceptic
Whereas others, such as Edward III, had simply tried to limit Papal Power with Statutes of Praemunire, Henry VIII had radically broken with the ... «Oxford Student, Nov 12»