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.
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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.
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