† manucaptv.
Law. Obsolete.
transitive. To provide sureties for the appearance of (a person) in court, etc., at a specified time. Cf. mainprize v. 1.Apparently an isolated use.
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mainprize?a1400
to let to bail1454
to let to borgh1482
bail1548
replevish1554–5
replevy1554
repleve1592
replevin1659
manucapt1898
1898 Contemp. Rev. Dec. 883 The burgess who was ‘manucapted’ to appear at Westminster.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2000; most recently modified version published online September 2019).
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