PRIESUMPTIO
\pˈiː ɹˈa͡ɪ ɛsˈʌmptɪˌə͡ʊ], \pˈiː ɹˈaɪ ɛsˈʌmptɪˌəʊ], \p_ˈiː ɹ_ˈaɪ ɛ_s_ˈʌ_m_p_t_ɪ__ˌəʊ]\
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the offense called "prcemunire" being the introduction of a foreign power into the king- dom, and creating imperium in impcrio, by paying that obedience to papal process which constitutionally belonged to the king alone. The penalties of praemunire were afterwards applied to other heinous offenses. 4 BL Comm. 103-117; 4 Steph. Comm. 215-217.
By Henry Campbell Black
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