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bailiff

/bey-lif/US // ˈbeɪ lɪf //UK // (ˈbeɪlɪf) //

法警,执达员,执法官,警长

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : an officer, similar to a sheriff or a sheriff's deputy, employed to execute writs and processes, make arrests, keep order in the court, etc.
    • : a person charged with local administrative authority, or the chief magistrate in certain towns.
    • : an overseer of a landed estate or farm.

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Examples

  • The new policy took immediate effect and applied to all employees, including bailiffs, commissioners, clerks and judges, according to the memo.

  • As bailiffs escorted her into court Thursday, Williams whispered, “Hi, Mom,” to her mother, who was seated at the defense table.

  • Two months before, a court bailiff had notified the real Hermitage about the lawsuits.

  • Before long, the judge asked the bailiff to remove him, Cooley said.

  • I saw a bailiff out of the corner of my eye begin to move toward us.

  • But after a whispered sidebar conference, a uniformed bailiff appeared to escort Mrs. Sandusky and a young male out of the room.

  • As he spoke, a female bailiff delivered a stack of thick brown paper restroom hand towels to the defendant.

  • The declaration of war, or cessation thereof, used to be proclaimed in the market by the High Bailiff.

  • Mme. Baudoyer, born Mitral, was the sister of the bailiff of that name.

  • The bailiff, justiciary of the seigniory, had just arrived at the village, accompanied with five or six armed men.

  • The bailiff having finished his reading, beckoned to a serf named Peter the Lame.

  • Accidentally the bailiff caught sight of the blind serf, mutilated of his four limbs.