Mainpernor - Law Dictionary Search Results
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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....
Mainpernable
Capable of being admitted to give surety by mainpernors able to be mainprised...
Mainpernor
A surety under the old writ of mainprise for a prisoners appearance in court at a day...
Mainprise
A writ directed to the sheriff commanding him to take sureties called mainpernors for the prisoners appearance and to let him go at large This writ is now obsolete...
Mainprize
Mainprize [fr. main, Fr., and pris, taken]. The writ of mainprize, manucaptio, was a writ directed to the sheriff, commanding him to take sureties for a prisoner's appearance, usually called mainpernors, and to set him at large, 3 Bl.Com. 128; Fitz. N.B. 250....
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