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bailiff

[bey-lif] / ˈbeɪ lɪf /


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Questioned by Hedrick in a 2016 hearing, Baumgartner’s longtime bailiff explained that during Leath’s trial she had taken to reaching back to slam the door behind her to rouse the judge from his sleep.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 1, 2026

McKillen’s lawyers told the Irish Times that their client “vigorously denies any violence or any wrongdoing” against the bailiff and claimed the allegations against him were “false.”

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 25, 2025

Within a week the fines and bailiff fees were cancelled.

From BBC • Nov. 5, 2024

Stines, elected sheriff in 2019, had previously served as a bailiff for Mullins in the southeastern Kentucky town of Whitesburg.

From Salon • Sep. 21, 2024

He worked past her and nodded at the bailiff, Ed Soames, then picked out a document from the evidence table and made his way back to the witness stand.

From "Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel" by David Guterson




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