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WAND OF PEACE

\wˈɒnd ɒv pˈiːs], \wˈɒnd ɒv pˈiːs], \w_ˈɒ_n_d ɒ_v p_ˈiː_s]\

Definitions of WAND OF PEACE

1910 - Black's Law Dictionary (2nd edition)

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In Scotch law. A wand or staff carried by the messenger of a court, and which, when deforced, (that is, hindered from executing process.) he breaks, as a symbol of the deforcement, and protest for remedy of law. 2 Forb. Inst. 207.

1910 - Black's Law Dictionary (2nd edition)
By Henry Campbell Black

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