Etymology

praemunire facias

prae·mu·ni·re fa·ci·as

Today it 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. Full definition →

Middle English premunire facias ← Latin praemunire facias
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  1. Latin · derived frompraemunire facias“that you cause to be forewarned”
  2. Middle English · inherited frompremunire facias
  3. English todaypraemunire 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”).

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