What is "wand of peace"

Wand \Wand\, n. [Of Scand. origin; cf. Icel. v["o]ndr, akin to Dan. vaand, Goth. wandus; perhaps originally, a pliant twig, and akin to E. wind to turn.]

1. A small stick; a rod; a verge.

   With good smart blows of a wand on his back.
   --Locke.

2. Specifically:

   1. A staff of authority.

      Though he had both spurs and wand, they seemed rather marks of sovereignty than instruments of punishment.
      --Sir P. Sidney.

   2. A rod used by conjurers, diviners, magicians, etc.

      Picus bore a buckler in his hand; His other waved a long divining wand.
      --Dryden.

      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.

n. (context legal Scotland historical English) 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.