(1):
(n.) The penalty ascribed for the offense of praemunire.
(2):
(n.) 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.
(3):
(n.) The writ grounded on that offense.
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