What is to suffer to go at large, on his finding sureties, or mainpernors, for his appearance at a day; -- said of a prisoner called?
mainprise — To suffer to go at large, on his finding sureties, or mainpernors, for his appearance at a day; -- said of a prisoner. (Webster's 1913.)
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- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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