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.”