Haspa
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary · Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
In Old English Law. The hasp of a door; by which the livery of seisin might anciently be made, where there was a house on the premises. In Old Records. The hasp or clasp of a book. HASTA (Lat.) In the Civil Law. A spear; the badge of a sale by auction. Hasta subjicere, to put under the spear; to put up at auction. Calv. Lex. In Feudal Law. A spear; the symbol used in making investiture of a fief.