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Manucapere

Defined in 2 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Ballentine's (1916)

The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary

Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922

Lat. [from manus, hand, and capere, to take.] In old law and practice. To become surety; to offer one's self as a surety to redeem another from imprisonment, and to have him in court at an appointed day. Spelman.

Ballentine's Law Dictionary

James A. Ballentine · 1916

To act as a mainpernor. See Mainpernors.