What does "Unique Equipped" mean?

This appears to show on all Legendary (brown/tan) items. I can't find any info on it, and it doesn't appear to be because the item is class-specific (as my other class-specific items don't have the tag). A friend says this means the item is unusable by other characters once the item is equipped the first time. Is this true? What does "Unique Equipped" mean?

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It means you can only equip one of the item in question. This is mainly relevant for rings and weapons, but is probably just automatically applied to other legendaries.

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Usually unique equipped means that only one of the items may be equipped at the same time.

E.g. if you had 2 of the same ring and it was unique equipped you would only be able to wear one of them.

But as this is a spirit stone which is equipped in the head slot it doesn't make any sense.

I don't know if the one 'Unique-Equipped item w/ the same name' rule really applies... I have two rings both named Stolen Ring, both Unique-Equipped but with different stats, both equipped on my character.

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In World of Warcraft, "Unique-equipped" means that you can only wear one of that item at a time. In Diablo 3, this attribute could only possibly have a purpose on rings or gems, though it may apply to equipping both yourself and a follower with the same item (but I doubt it). I assume that, even though the attribute means nothing on this helmet, "Unique" or "Unique-equipped" is an attribute that all legendary items share for the sake of consistency.

This aparently applies to 1 hand weapons also, as I just bought a second "Crystal Fist" just to find out I can not equip it in my other hand. I would be interested in knowing if I could use a set item such as "Shenlong's Relentless Assault" while having the "Crystal Fist" equiped. If not then I will just have to keep an eye out for a rare item with similar attribute for my other hand.

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