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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....
Mainpernor
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....
Manucaptio
Manucaptio, 1. Surety; security; bail. 2. A writ allowing a person to be admitted to bail, when the person had been arrested for a felony but could not be admitted to bail by the sheriff, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 977Manucaptio, a writ that lay for a man taken on suspicion of felony, etc., who cannot be admitted to bail by the sheriff or other shaving power to let to mainprise, Fitz. N.B. 249. See MAINPRIZE....
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