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Fastermans

Defined in 3 dictionaries — Kinney (1893), Black's (1891), Burrill (1850)

A Law Dictionary and Glossary

George C. Kinney · 1893

fastermannes. In Saxon law. bondsmen.

A Dictionary of Law

Henry Campbell Black · 1891

or FASTING-MEN. Men in repute and substance; pledges, surelies, or bondsmen, who, according to the baxon polity, were fast bound to answer for euch other's peaceable behavior. Enc. Lond,

A New Law Dictionary and Glossary

Alexander M. Burrill · 1850

Fastermannes, In Saxon law. Sureties or securities; bondsmen. LL. Edw, Cmf, o. 39, cited in Spelman, See Fastingmen.