mainor meaning (obsolete): definition, etymology and quotations

mainor

noun

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

Law UK, Obsolete The act or fact, especially of theft.

Law UK, Obsolete A stolen article found on the person of the thief.

for the future one credible Witness proveing the Fact, and supported by probable Circumstances, or the Mainor being upon Search or otherwise found with or upon the Malefactor[…]1821, Anthony Mills, The Ancient Ordinances and Statute Laws of the Isle of Man: