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Mainpernor

Legal definition for Indian law research

Definition

Mainpernor [fr. main, Fr., hand, and preneur taker]. See MAINPRIZE.

Mainpernor, 1. A surety for a prisoner's appearance; one who gives main prise for another. 2. A form of bail taken under a writ of mainprise, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 964.

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