mainleveta

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Latin

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Old French mainlevée, from Old French main (hand)+levée (lifted).

Noun

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mainleveta f (genitive mainlevetae); first declension

  1. (rare, Medieval Latin, law) bail, mainprise, surety

Declension

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First-declension noun.