Fustis
A New Law Dictionary and Glossary · Alexander M. Burrill · 1850
A New Law Dictionary and Glossary
Lat.
In old English law
A staff, used in making livery of seisin. JBract. fol.
40.
A baton, club or cudgel. Fuste et scuta defenders; to defend with baton and buckler; that is, in the duellum, or combat.
LL.
Longob. lib.
1, tit. 26, 1. 76. Spelman.