• (n.) A thing stolen found on the person of the thief.
Main'or noun [ Anglo-Norm. meinoure , Old French 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 h...