/pree'myooh nuy"ree/ , n. Eng. Law.
1. a writ charging the offense of resorting to a foreign court or authority, as that of the pope, and thus calling in question the supremacy of the English crown.
2. the offense.
3. the penalty of forfeiture, imprisonment, outlawry, etc., incurred.
[ 1375-1425; short for ML praemunire facias (for L praemonere facias that you cause (the person specified) to be forewarned), the operative words of the writ; praemunire to warn (L: protect, lit., fortify); r. late ME premunire facias ]