All 18 Uses
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- From the corner of her eye, Alex saw a bailiff enter the courtroom and whisper to the clerk, who looked at Alex and nodded.†
Chpt 1
- He scrawled something on a piece of paper, and the bailiff walked it up to the bench.†
Chpt 1
- The bailiff stood.†
Chpt 1
- The clerk called Peter's case, and two bailiffs led him through a doorway.
Chpt 1 *bailiffs = court officers responsible for keeping order in the court including custody of prisoners while in court
- 'You're excused,' the judge said, and the bailiffs hefted Peter out of his seat again.†
Chpt 1bailiffs = court officers responsible for keeping order in the court including custody of the jury, and custody of prisoners while in court
- 'Bailiffs,' Alex murmured, and the two beefy courtroom attendants grabbed the woman by the arms to escort her out of the courtroom.†
Chpt 1
- Diana Leven surveyed the packed gallery, then asked a bailiff to turn off the lights.†
Chpt 2
- She slipped past the bailiff who was babysitting them, heading toward the window seat where she'd been curled before, reading.†
Chpt 2
- She walked in with the bailiff, but instead of marching toward the tiny wooden balcony where the witness was to sit, her body moved of its own accord in the other direction.†
Chpt 2
- A bailiff touched her shoulder.†
Chpt 2
- He's a fucking monster,' the man yelled, as two bailiffs reached his seat and grabbed him by the upper arms, dragging him out of the courtroom.†
Chpt 2bailiffs = court officers responsible for keeping order in the court including custody of the jury, and custody of prisoners while in court
- Judge Wagner summoned a bailiff.†
Chpt 2
- He grabbed his briefcase and hurried out the back door, the one through which the bailiffs were taking Peter.†
Chpt 2bailiffs = court officers responsible for keeping order in the court including custody of the jury, and custody of prisoners while in court
- The bailiffs looked at each other, and then at Jordan.†
Chpt 2
- He stood in the hallway and watched the bailiffs lead Peter away.†
Chpt 2
- A bailiff came out to them.†
Chpt 2
- She was a judge, dammit; she should have been allowed to go there, but two bailiffs were firmly holding her back.†
Chpt 2bailiffs = court officers responsible for keeping order in the court including custody of the jury, and custody of prisoners while in court
- 'We'll take a fifteen-minute recess,' he ordered, and as another bailiff hauled Peter through a rear door, the judge turned to Josie.†
Chpt 2
Definitions:
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(1)
(bailiff) court officer responsible for keeping order in the court including custody of the jury, and custody of prisoners while in court
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(meaning too rare to warrant focus) In the United Kingdom, a bailiff is an officer of the court who is employed to execute writs and processes and make arrests etc.