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

baston \bas"ton\ ba^s"tu^n, n. of. baston, f. b^aton,
   ll. basto. see bastion, and cf. baton, and 3d batten.
   1913 webster
   1. a staff or cudgel. obs. "to fight with blunt bastons."
      --holland.
      1913 webster

   2. her. see baton.
      1913 webster

   3. an officer bearing a painted staff, who formerly was in
      attendance upon the king's court to take into custody
      persons committed by the court. --mozley  w.
      1913 webster
see also:
bastion baton batten 

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

baston. an old french word, which signifies a staff, or club, in some old 
english statutes the servants or officers of the wardens of the fleet are so 
called, because they attended the king's courts with a red staff. vide 
tipstaff. 

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