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ANNULUS ET BACULUS Definition & Legal Meaning

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(Lat. ring and staff.)’ The investiture of a bishop was per annulum et baculum, by the prince’s delivering to the prelate a ring and pastoral staff, or crozier. 1 Bl. Comm. 378; Spelman.

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