The Seal
The seal of the faculty contains the following text
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which is written in a circle around a lindworm above which is a sceptre and a sword. The lindworm symbolizes the struggle against evil, while the sceptre is the power of the state and the sword is justice.
The seal is based on the seal given to the Faculty by the King in 1531.
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