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

"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

He took the manila envelope from his jacket pocket and handed it to the bailiff, who passed it to Judge Carlson.

From "Moon Over Manifest" by Clare Vanderpool