from mainprendre + -our. See modern French main, preneur. <span class="searchmatch">mainpernor</span> (plural <span class="searchmatch">mainpernors</span>) (law, historical) In England in the Middle Ages, a surety (kind...
<span class="searchmatch">mainpernors</span> plural of <span class="searchmatch">mainpernor</span>...
mainpernour (plural mainpernours) Alternative form of <span class="searchmatch">mainpernor</span>....
(comparative more mainpernable, superlative most mainpernable) (law) Capable of being admitted to give surety by <span class="searchmatch">mainpernors</span>; able to be mainprised....
writ directed to the sheriff, commanding him to take sureties, called <span class="searchmatch">mainpernors</span>, for the prisoner's appearance, and to let him go at large. (law, historical)...