Annulus Et Baculus
A New Law Dictionary and Glossary · Alexander M. Burrill · 1850
A New Law Dictionary and Glossary
Lat. In feudal and ecclesiastical law. Itin^ and staff. Symbols anciently used in feudal inyestitores, the ring being the symbol or earnest of faith, the sta£P, of aid or support, by which the vassal was bound to his lord; (annulfis arra Jidei, baculus suhsidii, quibus domino suo tenetur beneficiarius, seuvassaltis.) Spelman, voc.
Tnvestire.
Hence was derived the practice of granting ecclesiastical investitures in England, per annulum et haculum, by ring and crozier, or pastoral staff.
Id. ibid, 1 BL C(m, 378, 379.