The Statute of Praemunire (16 Ric 2 c 5) was an Act of the

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enacted in 1392, during the reign of

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. Its intention was to limit the powers of the

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in England, by making it illegal to appeal an English court case to the pope if the king objected, or for anyone to act in a way that recognized papal authority over the authority of the king. This was later reaffirmed by the Statute in Restraint of Appeals (Ecclesiastical Appeals Act 1532) in the reign of Henry VIII and was used to remove

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from power. The word ''

praemunire In English history, ''praemunire'' or ''praemunire facias'' () refers to a 14th-century law that prohibited the assertion or maintenance of papal jurisdiction, or any other foreign jurisdiction or claim of supremacy in England, against the suprema ...

'' originally referred to the writ of summons issued against a person accused under this and similar statutes, and later came to mean offences against the statutes. The whole Chapter was repealed by section 13 of, and Part I o
Schedule 4
to, the

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for

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and section 16 of, an
Schedule 4
to, the Criminal Justice (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act (Northern Ireland) 1968 for

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). The whole of 16 Ric 2, of which this chapter was part, was repealed for the

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by section 1 of, an
Part 2
of the Schedule to, the

Statute Law Revision Act 1983 __NOTOC__ The Statute Law Revision Act 1983 (No 11) is an Act of the Oireachtas. Section 1 of the Act, with the Schedule, repeals, for the Republic of Ireland, various Acts of the Parliament of Ireland, the Parliament of England, the Parliament ...

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