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The three of spades would mark the end of the game, and this card read: "The spade is the sword of justice—its rapier marks the end." In the pilot installment, later re-edited into the made-for-television film "A Double Life," the club was the sword; the spade, the vengeance sign. The second series installment, "Aloha, Julie Lang," reversed this.
A sword-wielding allegory of justice, painted by Lucas Cranach the Elder in 1537. A sword of justice is a ceremonial sword that is used to signify a monarch's supreme judicial power. In some cases, this may have been an executioner's sword that was no longer used for executions, becoming instead a ceremonial one.
Statue of Lady Justice blindfolded and holding a balance and a sword, outside the Court of Final Appeal, Hong Kong. Lady Justice (Latin: Iustitia) is an allegorical personification of the moral force in judicial systems. [1] [2] Her attributes are scales, a sword and sometimes a blindfold.
Executioner's sword (16th century) A decapitation scene as shown in Cosmographia universalis of Sebastian Münster (1552). An executioner's sword is a sword designed specifically for decapitation of condemned criminals (as opposed to combat). These swords were intended for two-handed use, but were lacking a point, so that their overall blade ...
Szczerbiec is a 98 cm-long (39 in) ceremonial sword bearing rich Gothic ornamentation, dated to the mid-13th century. [8] [9] It is classified as a type XII sword with a type I pommel and a type 6 crossguard according to the Oakeshott typology, [6] although the blade may have changed its shape due to centuries of corrosion and intensive cleaning before every coronation.
This Curtana sword may have been the same one as the so-called "Tristram's sword", kept as part of the regalia according to earlier Angevin dynasty records. [ 26 ] [ f ] An inventory for two swords, "namely Tristan's sword ( scilicet ensem Tristrami )" and one other, is recorded in the patent roll for the year 1207, where King John issued a ...
In this practice the Sword of Justice symbolised the authority to make judgments over life and death. [ 13 ] A similar coronation took place whenever the Alaafin sought to give authority to representatives within his empire/realm, he would give a sword of justice to the would be kingling, who would have a direct connection to the throne.
Shining Knight is a master of the arts of combat of Arthurian times, skilled in aerial combat, weaponry including art of sword, and hand-to-hand combat. In some comics, it reveals that Shining Knight shown to have superhuman physical abilities, including: strength, stamina, endurance, speed, reflexes, balance and agility.