wand of peace

noun1

1. •
   (Scotland, historical) A wand or staff with a silver tip which was given to an outlaw as a sign that they were restored to the king's or queen's peace; and also carried by a messenger of the monarch as a symbol of office, to be broken in protest in cases of deforcement (“resistance to the execution of the law”).

   • A Messenger, vvhen deforced, uses to break his VVand of Peace, as a Symbol of the Deforcement, and protest for Remedy of Lavv. This Crime is Pursued only before the Court of Justiciary. — 1730