mainpernable

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mainpernable - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Mainpernable \Main"per*na*ble\, a. [OF. main hand + pernable,
     for prenable, that may be taken, pregnable. See
     Mainpernor.] (Law)
     Capable of being admitted to give surety by mainpernors; able
     to be mainprised.
     [1913 Webster]

mainpernable - Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856) :

  MAINPERNABLE. Capable of being bailed; one for whom bail may be taken; 
  bailable.