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Mainoverer

Defined in 1 dictionary — Stimson (1881)

Glossary of Technical Terms, Phrases, and Maxims of the Common Law

Frederic Jesup Stimson · 1881

mainovre,/r. Labor of the hands. To cultivate, arrested and delivered to thein out of prison. They had no right to imprison him or surrender him up, like bail, and were bound to produce him in answer to all and any charges; v. Mainprise. Mainpernable: capable of being bailed.