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mainour
[ mey-ner ]
noun
, Old English Law.
- a stolen article found on the person of or near the thief:
to be taken with the mainour.
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Mainour, a thing stolen, discovered in the hands of the thief.
From Project Gutenberg
In the old editions this is spelt manour or mainour and means "in the act."
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