Gladius

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Gladius \Gla"di*us\, n.; pl. {Gladii}. [L., a sword.] (Zool.)
     The internal shell, or pen, of cephalopods like the squids.
     [1913 Webster]

From Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856) [bouvier]:



  GLADIUS. In our old Latin authors, and in the Norman laws, this word was 
  used to signify supreme jurisdiction, jus gladii.