HASTA

Lat. A spear. In the Roman law, a spear was the sign of a public sale of goods or sale by auction. Hence the phrase "hasta i subjicere" (to put under the spear) meant to put up at auction. Calvin. In feudal law. A spear. The symbol used in making investiture of a fief. Feud. lib. 2, tit. 2. [s. 568]