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Fastermans, Or Fasting Men

Legal definition for Indian law research

Definition

Fastermans, or fasting-men [homines habentes, Lat.], menin repute and substance; pledges, sureties, or bondsmen, who, according to the Saxon policy, were fast bound to answer for each other's peaceable behaviour.

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