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Definition of Manacling
1. manacle [v] - See also: manacle
Lexicographical Neighbors of Manacling
Literary usage of Manacling
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Brief for the Trial of Criminal Cases by Austin Abbott, William Constantine Beecher (1902)
"manacling. The accused cannot be manacled or shackled during his trial,1 unless
there be evident danger of escape or of his doing violence.2 Unnecessary ..."
2. Readings on American Federal Government by Paul Samuel Reinsch (1909)
"... this: "In order to prove to you that much of your criticism of me for throttling
debate and preventing deliberation and manacling a minority are unjust, ..."
3. The Writings of Thomas Jefferson by Thomas Jefferson (1904)
"... are the most effectual manacles we can rivet on the hands of our successors
to prevent their manacling the people with their own consent. ..."
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