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manucaption Law. Obs. exc. Hist.|mænjuːˈkæpʃən|
[ad. med.L. manūcaptiōn-em, noun of action f. manū capĕre, lit. to ‘take by the hand’; cf. mainprise.]
a. = mainprise.
b. A writ directing the bringing in of a person charged with a felony, who was debarred from being admitted to bail by the sheriff or any inferior magistrate.
1588Fraunce Lawiers Log. i. xii. 55 Bailement, maineprise or manucaption, and replevine..they bee indifferently used to expresse that suretie which the prisoner is to finde. 1598J. Manwood Lawes Forest xxiv. §5 (1615) 240 All pledges and Manucaptors which haue day by their Manucaption before the Iustice of the forest. 1875Stubbs Const. Hist. II. xv. 235 The manucaption or production of two sureties. |