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London Guild<br> | London Guild<br> | ||
Established: <br> | Established: 1909, livery company since 1944.<br> | ||
[[File:lon-solicitors.jpg|center|Arms (crest) of {{PAGENAME}}]] | [[File:lon-solicitors.jpg|center|Arms (crest) of {{PAGENAME}}]] | ||
===Official blazon=== | ===Official blazon=== | ||
'''Arms''' : Quartedy argent and gules in sinister chief a deed with seals pendent Proper, in dexter base-a Roman-lamp of the first, over all a sword point upwards in bend of the second.<br> | |||
'''Crest''': On a wreath of the colours upon a fasces fessewise rods gules, axe and binding or an owl argent.<br> | |||
'''Motto''': Lex libertatis origo | |||
===Origin/meaning=== | |||
The arms were officially granted on August 25, 1926. Motto added in December 1944. | |||
The arms symbolise the debt that English law owes to ancient Rome. The deed clearly is a symbol of a legal document, the sword is a symbol of justice and the lamp symbolises 'the Roman legal precepts that still illuminate the administration of justice'. | |||
In the crest the owl is a symbol of wisdom, the fasces were in Roman times a symbol of authority. | |||
The motto means : Freedom's foundation is the Law | |||
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[[Category:London Guilds]] | [[Category:London Guilds]] | ||
[[Category:Granted 1926]] | |||