MAINOR

Main″or (?), n. [[Anglo-Norm. meinoure, OF. manuevre. See Maneuver.]] (O. Eng. Law) A thing stolen found on the person of the thief. ☞ A thief was said to be “taken with the mainor,” when he was taken with the thing stolen upon him, that is, in his hands. Wharton. Bouvier.