And they shackled him hand and foot and would take of him ne bail ne mainprise but preferred a charge against him for he was a malefactor. —. From Wordnik.com. [Ulysses] Reference
Then the earle desired that he might put in mainprise, which was granted: and so the earle of Kent, sir Rafe Ferrers, sir Iohn Roch, & sir Iohn Draiton knights, mainprised the said earle bodie for bodie. From Wordnik.com. [Chronicles (3 of 6): Historie of England (1 of 9) Henrie IV] Reference
Penalties or forfeitures ordered by this Act; shall for every such offence suffer Twelve months 'imprisonment without Bail or mainprise. From Wordnik.com. [History of the Negro Race in America From 1619 to 1880. Vol 1 Negroes as Slaves, as Soldiers, and as Citizens] Reference
And they shackled him hand and foot and would take of him ne bail ne mainprise but preferred a charge against him for he was a malefactor. From Wordnik.com. [Ulysses] Reference
No mans person shall be restrained or imprisoned by any authority whatsoever, before the law hath sentenced him thereto, if he can put in sufficient security, bail or mainprise, for his appearance, and good behaviour in the mean time, unless it be in Crimes Capital, and Contempts in open Court, and in such cases where some express act of Court doth allow it. From Wordnik.com. [The Massachusetts Body of Liberties] Reference
Court, and that is ordeined by certaine statutes, and great punishment therefore ordeined, as it appeareth by the same statutes, viz., that he shall be out of the King's protection, and that he be put in prison without baile or mainprise till that he have made fine at the King's will, and that his landes and goods shal be forfait, if he come not within ij.moneths. ". From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 04, No. 21, July, 1859] Reference
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