Wand of peace
| (Scots Law) | 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. - Burrill. |
See also: Wand
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, published 1913 by G. & C. Merriam Co.
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