"Mainprise" is a word in LAW AND LEGAL, ENGLISH
SE. The dellvery of a person into tbe custody of mainpernors, (q. «.) Also the name of a writ (now obsolete) command-ing the sheriff to take the security of main-pernors and set the party at liberty
To suffer to go at large, on his finding sureties, or
mainpernors, for his appearance at a day; -- said of a prisoner.
Deliverance of a prisoner on security for his appearance
at a day.
A writ directed to the sheriff, commanding him to take
sureties, called mainpernors, for the prisoner's appearance, and to let
him go at large. This writ is now obsolete.
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writ of man-ucaption, or mainprise. A writ which lay for one who, being taken and Imprisoned on a charge of …
Read the complete definitionA surety, under the old writ of mainprise, for a prisoner's appearance in court at a day.
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