All 3 Uses of
bailiff
in
Change of Heart, by Picoult
- The first time we filed out of our holding pen—a small room in the superior courthouse that would begin to feel as familiar as my apartment—I thought maybe some bailiff had let us into the wrong courtroom.†
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- Just as Greenleaf sat down, a bailiff slipped a note to me.†
- I reached into my pocket, retrieved the note the bailiff had passed me just before I began my closing, and handed it to Michael.†
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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(2)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) 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.