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  1. mainprize: Wiktionary
  2. mainprize: Webster's 1828 Dictionary

Definitions from Wiktionary (mainprize)

noun:  Alternative form of mainprise [(law, historical) A writ directed to the sheriff, commanding him to take sureties, called mainpernors, for the prisoner's appearance, and to let him go at large.]
verb:  Alternative form of mainprise [(transitive, law) To allow (a prisoner) to go at large, on his finding sureties, or mainpernors, for his appearance on a given day.]

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