praemunire
praemunire (pree-myoo-nI-ree), n. [Latin praemoneri “to be forewarned”] Hist. The criminal offense of obeying an authority other than the king. • Praemunire stems from the efforts of Edward I (1272–1307) to counter papal influence in England, and takes its name from the writ’s initial words: praemunire facias (“that you cause to be forewarned”). One type of praemunire was to appeal to the pope rather than the monarch. Another was to bring a suit in a temporal court instead of a royal court, in part because the monarch wanted all fines levied as punishment to go to the royal coffers, not those of the church.
