Virga

An obsolete word, which signifies a rod of staff, such as sheriffs, bailiffs, and VIRGATA REGIA (Law Lat.)

In old English law. The royal verge; the verge; the bounds of the king's household, within which the court of the steward had jurisdiction. Crabb, Hist. Eng. Law, 185. A space of twelve leagues in circuit arotmd the king's palace or residence. Fleta, lib. 2, o. 2, § 2; Id. c. 4, § 2.

An obsolete word, which signifies a rod or staff, such as sheriffs, bailiffs, and constables carry as a badge or ensign of their office. More commonly, spelled verge, q. v. Hence verger t one who carried a white wand before the judges. Toml. A verger now commonly signifies an inferior officer in a cathedral or parish church. Moz. & W. The stick or wand with which persons are in England admitted as tenants.

L In old English law. A rod or white staff, such as sheriffs,, bailiffs, etc., carried as a badge of ofittce; a yard. Virga alnaria: a ferrea: the iron yard, — the standard yard, a yard according to that standard. Tirga terrae, or virgata terrse: a yard-land; a measure of land of variable quantity, containing twenty to forty acres.

I. A rod; a staff; a yard.

An obsolete word, which signifies a rod or staff, such as sheriffs, bailiffs, and constables carry, as a badge or ensign of their office.