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Mainprise   Listen
noun
Mainprise  n.  (Law)
(a)
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.
(b)
Deliverance of a prisoner on security for his appearance at a day.





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"Mainprise" Quotes from Famous Books



... to refrain from "strife and contention, either by outward deeds, taunting words, unseemly countenance, by mimicking them, &c." The punishment not only "her grace's displeasure, but to be committed to prison without bail or mainprise." ...
— Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 3 (of 3) • Isaac D'Israeli


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