All 8 Uses
bailiff
in
Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil
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- It was nearly lunchtime when the bailiff called out, "Order in the court!†
p. 213.6
- The bailiff called the court to order, and the jury filed in.†
p. 233.3
- Two bailiffs approached Williams and escorted him to a small door at the end of the jury box.†
p. 233.6bailiffs = court officers responsible for keeping order in the court including custody of the jury, and custody of prisoners while in court
- Another man bolted for the door and had to be restrained by the bailiffs.†
p. 278.4
- Then he walks across the floor and is escorted by the bailiffs through the door that leads to the tunnel that will take him to jail.†
p. 290.9
- Seiler had learned from the bailiffs, who were notorious for prying and telling tales, that the jurors were evenly split.†
p. 359.9 *
- Around noon Seiler noticed that the bailiffs had suddenly stopped talking to him.†
p. 360.1
- Within minutes, the bailiffs let it be known that the lone holdout was a woman named Cecilia Tyo, a feisty divorcee in her late fifties.†
p. 360.3
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) In the United Kingdom, a bailiff is an officer of the court who is employed to execute writs and processes and make arrests etc.