bailiff

Example Sentences

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“The bailiff has indicated that the Sheriff’s Department will take it on a day by day basis, so hopefully he will be cleared tomorrow.”

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 16, 2025

The department spokesperson said in an emailed statement last week that it had launched criminal and internal administrative investigations into Devoe, who worked as a bailiff at the Antelope Valley Courthouse in Lancaster.

From Los Angeles Times • May 25, 2025

"All the way through all of this, I keep having phone calls from the alleged bailiff wanting me to tell him that I had sent the money," he said.

From BBC • Feb. 16, 2025

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

“The judge is waiting,” a bailiff said, and opened the door for us all to enter.

From "Three Little Words: A Memoir" by Ashley Rhodes-Courter