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Webster 1913 Edition

Mainor

Main′or

,
Noun.
[Anglo-Norm.
meinoure
, OF.
manuevre
. See
Maneuver
.]
(O. Eng. Law)
A thing stolen found on the person of the thief.
☞ A thief was said to be “taken with the mainor,” when he was taken with the thing stolen upon him, that is, in his hands.
Wharton.
Bouvier.

Webster 1828 Edition

Mainor

MA'INOR

,
Noun.
[ L. a manu, from the hand, or in the work.] The old law phrase, to be taken as a thief with the mainor, signifies, to be taken in the very act of killing venison or stealing wood, or in preparing so to do; or it denotes the being taken with the thing stolen upon him.

Definition 2024

mainor

mainor

English

Noun

mainor ‎(plural mainors)

  1. (law, Britain, obsolete) A stolen article found on the person of the thief.
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Usage notes

  • A thief was said to be "taken with the mainor" when he was taken with the thing stolen upon him, i.e. in his hands.

Anagrams

Etymology

From Anglo-Norman meinoure, Old French manuevre. See maneuver and French main ‎(“hand”).

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