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

Similarly bailiff repossessions were rising again after a dip during the Covid-19 pandemic.

From BBC • Nov. 19, 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

TMZ reported Tuesday that after Gibson was found in contempt of court, a bailiff put him in handcuffs and marched him out of the courtroom.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 10, 2024

The bailiff wore his coat and held his lunchbox in his hand; he’d been on his way out, he explained; the judge was still working at his desk.

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