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Premunire

Legal definition for Indian law research

Definition

Premunire. [Lat., to be forewarned] It is an offence so called from the words of the writ preparatory to the prosecution thereof: Premunire facias A.B. (cause A.B. to be forewarned) that he appear before us to answer the contempt wherewith he stands charged; which contempt is particularly recited in the preamble to the writ.

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