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Mainprise

A Law Dictionary and Glossary · George C. Kinney · 1893

A Law Dictionary and Glossary

meynprise, maynpryse, mainpris, meynpris, I. fr. and eng.

In old English law

The release of a person under arrest into the custody of his friends upon their giving security for his appearance: a writ of mainprise directed to the sheriff ordering him to take mainpernors and set the prisoner at liberty; security for debt