Hasta
A Dictionary of Law · Henry Campbell Black · 1891
A Dictionary of Law
Lat. Aspear. Inthe Roman law, a spear wis the sign of a public sale of goods or sale by auetion. Hence the phrase “hasta subjicere” (to put under the spear) meant to put up at auction.
Calvin.
In feudal law.
A spear
The symbo! used in making investiture of a fief. Feud. lib.
2, tit. 2.