Sanctus
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary · Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
or SANCTUM (Lat. from sffl Mcire). In the civil law. That which is guarded and fenced round against injury (quod ab injuria hominum defensum atque munitum est).'
Dig. 1. 8, pr.
Derived by Marcian, in the Digests, from sagmina, which were certain herbs carried by the legates of the Roman people to secure them from harm.
Id. § 1.