Legal Definition and Related Resources of Baculus

(Lat.) In old English practice. A staff, rod, or wand, anciently used in the ceremony of making livery of seisin, where there was no building on the land. Fiat seysina per fustim et per baculum, seisin should be made by rod and staff. Bracton, fol. 40; Fleta, lib. 3, c. 15, § 5. Baculus nuntiatorius, a warning or summoning stick. A white stick or wand, by erecting which on the grounds of a defendant in real actions he was anciently warned or summoned to appear in court at the return of the original writ. 8 Bl. Comm. 379. A baton, such as combatants fought with in the duellum. Frangitur eorum baculus, their baton is broken. A term anciently applied to persons convicted of a felony on their own confession, signifying that they could not bring an appeal against any one. Bracton, fol. 152. See Fleta, lib. 1, c. 38, § 16; 2 Reeve, Hist. Eng. Law, 43. See “Baston.”

What does Baculus mean in American Law?

The definition of Baculus in the law of the United States, as defined by the lexicographer Arthur Leff in his legal dictionary is:

The stick or wand delivered from vendor to purchaser in effecting livery of seisin.

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