manucaptor Law. Obs. exc. Hist.
(mænjuːˈkæptə(r))
Also 7 mani-.
[a. med.L. manūcaptor, agent-n. f. manū capĕre: see prec.]
= mainpernor.
| [1523 in W. H. Turner Select. Rec. Oxford (1880) 34 As also the goods and cattall, surtus and manucaptores.] 1581 Lambarde Eiren. ii. ii. (1588) 109 For some forme commaundeth him to take sufficient manucaptors..so that hee will be answerable for it at his owne perill. 1620 J. Wilkinson Coroners & Sherifes 30 The principals, manicaptors or sureties shall make their fine. 1878 Stubbs Const. Hist. III. xx. 425 For each of them manucaptors or bailsmen were provided. |