gladius

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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)
GLADIUS. In our old Latin authors, and in the Norman laws, this word was 
used to signify supreme jurisdiction, jus gladii.
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