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Fetters

Defined in 4 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Ballentine's (1916), Black's (1910), Black's (1891)

The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary

Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922

A sort of iron put on the leg

Ballentine's Law Dictionary

James A. Ballentine · 1916

Manacles; shackles.

Black's Law Dictionary

Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910

Chains or shackles for the feet; irons used to secure the legs of convicts, unruly prisoners, etc. Similar chains securing the wrists are calied "handcuffs."

A Dictionary of Law

Henry Campbell Black · 1891

Chains or sitackles for the feet; irons used to secure the legs of convicts, ruly prisoners, etc. Similar chains secury the wrists are called “handcutis.”