tipstaff

tip·staff

T0230500 (tĭp′stăf′)n. pl. tip·staves (-stāvz′, -stăvz′) or tip·staffs 1. A staff with a metal tip, carried as a sign of office.2. An officer, such as a bailiff or constable, who carries a tipstaff.

[Alteration of tipped staff.]

tipstaff

(ˈtɪpˌstɑːf) n1. (Law) a court official having miscellaneous duties, mostly concerned with the maintenance of order in court2. a metal-tipped staff formerly used as a symbol of office[C16 tipped staff; see tip¹, staff¹]

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(ˈtɪpˌstæf, -ˌstɑf)

n., pl. -staves (-ˌsteɪvz)
-staffs. 1. an attendant or crier in a court of law. 2. a staff tipped with metal, formerly carried as a badge of office, as by a constable. 3. any official who carried such a staff. [1535–45; shortened form of earlier tipped staff]

Thesaurus

Noun

tipstaff - staff with a metal tip carried as a sign of office by e.g. a bailiff or constablestaff - a rod carried as a symbol

Translations

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a court official having miscellaneous duties, mostly concerned with the maintenance of order in court, or, as in Ireland, looking after the judge's requirements in the course of the day.

TIPSTAFF. An officer appointed by the marshal of the court of king's bench, to attend upon the judges with a kind of a rod or staff tipped with silver.
2. In the United States, the courts sometimes appoint an officer who is known by this name, whose duty it is to wait on the court and serve its process.

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