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.