Legal Dictionary of Pakistan
Quick lookup for English, Urdu, and Latin legal terms used in Pakistani jurisprudence.
Manucaptio
n. [Law Latin] Hist. 1. Surety; security; bail. 2. A writ allowing a person to be admitted to bail, when the person had been arrested for a felony but could not be admitted to bail by the sheriff. See MAINPRISE.
Manucaption
See MAINPRISE.
de manucaptione
n. [Law Latin "of manucaption"] Hist. A writ ordering a sheriff to release on sufficient bail an accused felon whose initial offer of bail had been rejected.