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mainpast Law. Obs. exc. Hist.|ˈmeɪnpɑːst, -æ-|
[ad. AF. meynpast, f. med.L. manupastus, f. L. manū abl. of manus hand + pāstus, pa. pple. of pāscere to feed (cf. pasture n.).]
A man's household; a domestic; a dependant.
Anglo-Norman examples are cited in Mod. Lang. Notes (1932) June 375–6.
1865F. M. Nichols tr. Britton I. i. ii. 13 Let the coroner inquire of whose tithing or whose mainpast such fugitive was. 1891Maitland & Baildon tr. Court Baron (Selden Soc.) 53 Thy son who is thy mainpast entered the lord's garden. 1895Pollock & Maitland Hist. Eng. Law I. ii. iii. 555 The head of a household answers for the appearance in court of the members of his household, his servants, his retainers, those whom his hand feeds, his manupastus or mainpast. 1909W. S. Holdsworth Hist. Eng. Law III. ii. 295 We can see traces of the older principles under which he was held to be liable in the rule which made him responsible for the doings of his household or ‘mainpast’. 1961R. F. Hunnisett Medieval Coroner iv. 64 They [sc. the coroners] had to inquire in whose tithing or mainpast the outlaw had been and enrol it, in order that it might be amerced at the eyre for his flight. |