Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In law, a surety for a prisoner's appearance in court at a future day; one who gives mainprise for another: differing from
bail in that the mainpernor could not imprison or surrender the prisoner before the day appointed. Seemainprise .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Law) A surety, under the old writ of mainprise, for a prisoner's appearance in court at a day.
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- noun law A
surety , under the oldwrit ofmainprise , for a prisoner's appearance in court at a day.
Etymologies
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From Old French main (hand) + pernor, for preneor, a taker, French preneur, prendre (to take)
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chained_bear commented on the word mainpernor
see maineprise
March 28, 2008
chained_bear commented on the word mainpernor
"He was subsequently retained by the duchy of Lancaster and by the duke of York, whose councilor he became, and for whom he was acting as a mainpernor by bill of the treasurer (Salisbury) at Westminster on 19 July 1454 (as of Middleham) with Witham (in his capacity as chancellor of the Exchequer), as of London."
—A. J. Pollard, Warwick the Kingmaker: Politics, Power and Fame (London: Hambledon Continuum, 2007), 87.
April 22, 2014