PREMUNIRE (used for præmonere, to forewarn), is the first word of an ancient writ, whereby a party was summoned before the crown to answer a charge of contempt of the sovereign. The writ commenced—"Præmunire facias A. B., quod sit coram nobis," &c. The contempt consisted in the doing of some act derogatory of the allegiance due to the sovereign. The term has now the two meanings of the writ itself, and the offence to which the writ is applied.