| 单词 | wand of peace |
| 释义 | > as lemmaswand of peace ΘΚΠ society > law > legal right > resumption or restoration of rights > [noun] > restitution of outlaw > token of wand of peace1511 1511 Reg. Privy Seal Scot. I. 355/2 With power to the schireffis..to relesch him fra the horne and deliver him the wand of pece, etc. 1564–5 Reg. Privy Council Scotl. I. 311 Restoir him to oure Soverane Ladiis peace, and gif to him the wand thairof. 1672 Rec. Justiciary Court Edinb. (S.H.S.) II. 76 He and other persons lybelled, beat and wounded the Messenger after he had laid hold upon the said Hary and touched him with his wand of peace several times. 1678 G. Mackenzie Laws & Customes Scotl. i. 259 The Wand of Peace is that whereby they touch a Rebel, and declares him to be their Prisoner, and when they are deforced, they use to break the Wand of Peace. 1815 W. Scott Guy Mannering III. vii. 135 Here, where I brake the wand of peace ower him..bid God bless..the just heir of Ellangowan. 1816 W. Scott Antiquary III. xiii. 275 If you interrupt me in my duty, I will break the wand of peace and declare myself deforced. < as lemmas |
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