Crime, offence, wrongdoing.
Any of a number of criminal offences incurring similar penalties to the original offence of praemunire.
The penalty for this offence.
The offence in English law of bringing suit in or obeying a foreign (especially papal) court or authority, thus challenging the supremacy of the Crown. The offence was created by the Statute of Praemunire 1393 (16 Richard II, chapter 5), and abolished by the Criminal Law Act 1967 (chapter 58).
A difficulty or predicament.
The writ charging a person with this offence, the writ of praemunire facias.
To charge with the offence of praemunire; to subject to the penalties of praemunire.
A wrongful act, whether intentional or negligent, regarded as non-criminal and unrelated to a contract, which causes an injury and can be remedied in civil court, usually through the awarding of damages.
Synonym of tart (“sharp- or sour-tasting; (figuratively) keen, severe, sharp”)