GNU Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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    Mainor , n. [Anglo-Norm. meinoure, OF. manuevre. See Maneuver.] (O. Eng. Law) A thing stolen found on the person of the thief.
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    ☞ 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.

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