The writ grounded on that offense.
The penalty ascribed for the offense of praemunire.
The offence of disregard or contempt of the king and his government, especially the offence of introducing papal or other foreign authority into England: the writ founded on such an offence: the penalty incurred by the offence.
n. The offence of introducing foreign authority into England, or of disobeying the mandate of the sovereign in matters ecclesiastical ;-the writ grounded on that offence.
