A person who stands surety that another (especially a prisoner) will fulfil a legal obligation to appear in court on a specified day.
Origin
Middle English; earliest use found in Statutes of the Realm. From Anglo-Norman mainpernour, meinparnour, mainprenur from mainprendre to act as guarantee, probably after post-classical Latin manucapere.
Definition of mainpernor in US English:
mainpernor
(also mainpernour)
nounˈmeɪnpəːnə
Law historical
A person who stands surety that another (especially a prisoner) will fulfil a legal obligation to appear in court on a specified day.
Origin
Middle English; earliest use found in Statutes of the Realm. From Anglo-Norman mainpernour, meinparnour, mainprenur from mainprendre to act as guarantee, probably after post-classical Latin manucapere.