Mainour

In criminal law. The thing stolen found in the hands of the thief who has stolen it. Hence, when a man is found with property which he has stolen, he is said to be taken with the mainour, that is, it is found in his hands. Formerly there was a distinction made between a larceny, when the thing stolen was found in the hands of the criminal, and when the proof depended upon other circumstances not quite so Irrefragable. The former properly was termed 'pris ove maynovere, or ove mainer, or mainour, as it is generally written.

Barr. Obs. St. 315, 316, note.