wand of peace
English
Noun
wand of peace (plural wands of peace)
- (law, Scotland, historical) A wand, or staff, carried by the messenger of a court, which he breaks when deforced (that is, hindered from executing process), as a symbol of the deforcement, and protest for remedy of law.
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Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for wand of peace in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)