Home / Thesaurus / praemunire facias
Thesaurus: praemunire facias
praemunire facias (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…
Related headwords
praemuniredefinitioncourtdefinitionfaciasdefinitionwritdefinitionanswerdefinitionappeardefinitionauthoritydefinitionbroughtdefinitionchallengingdefinitionchargedefinitioncriminaldefinitioncrowndefinitiondirectingdefinitionEnglanddefinitionforeigndefinitionforewarndefinitionfullydefinitionhistoricaldefinitionlawdefinitionobeyeddefinitionpapaldefinitionpersondefinitionshedefinitionsheriffdefinitionsuitdefinitionsupremacydefinitionthusdefinitionpraemaxillafamily
Definitions
- praemunire facias (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.