MA'INOR, noun [Latin a manu, from the hand, or in the work.] The old law phrase, to be taken as a thief with the mainor signifies, to be taken in the very act of killing venison or stealing wood, or in preparing so to do; or it denotes the being taken with the thing stolen upon him.
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Webster's Dictionary 1828
American Dictionary of the English Language, Noah Webster, 1828.