Faestingmen
Defined in 4 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Ballentine's (1916), Bouvier (1914), Kinney (1893)
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
Approved men who were strong armed. Subsequently the word seems to have been used in the sense of "rich," and hence it probably passed into its later and common meaning of pledges or bondsmen, which, by Saxon custom, were bound to answer for each other's good behavior. Cowell; Du Cange.
Ballentine's Law Dictionary
James A. Ballentine · 1916
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia
John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914
Approved men who were strong-armed. Subsequently the word seems to have been used in the sense of rich, and hence it probably passed into its later and common meaning of pledges or bondsmen, which, by Saxon custom, were bound to answer for each other’s good behavior. Cowell; Du Cange.
A Law Dictionary and Glossary
George C. Kinney · 1893
fasting-men.
In Saxon law. Pledges, sureties or bondsmen, which by custom were fast bound to answer for one another's pe?,ceable behavior.