1. praemunire - Noun
2. praemunire - Verb
The offense of introducing foreign authority into England, the penalties for which were originally intended to depress the civil power of the pope in the kingdom.
The writ grounded on that offense.
The penalty ascribed for the offense of praemunire.
Source: Webster's dictionaryFraser, pp. 191–194 Meanwhile, the House of Commons had forbidden all appeals to Rome and exacted the penalties of praemunire against all who introduced papal bulls into England. Source: Internet
He was charged with praemunire in October 1529 citation and his fall from grace was "sudden and total". Source: Internet
Parliament's reinstatement of the charge of praemunire in 1529 had made it a crime to support in public or office the claim of any authority outside the realm (such as the Papacy) to have a legal jurisdiction superior to the King's. Source: Internet