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

Some of the people who worked with Ferguson — including his bailiff and his clerk — took the witness stand to say he was a “peaceful” person.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 10, 2025

"I couldn't get through. So because I couldn't get through and the bailiff was on the way, I was panicking even more."

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

Every once in a while the bailiff barks at someone in the seats who has been talking while court was in session.

From "The 57 Bus" by Dashka Slater