huissier de justice
English
editEtymology
editFrom French huissier de justice (“justice usher, court usher”).
Pronunciation
editNoun
edithuissier de justice (plural huissiers de justice)
- (law) An officer of the court in several European countries who serves processes and notices, seizes and auctions off property, and executes garnishments, levies, and evictions, roughly similar to British bailiffs or private constables in Massachusetts and Rhode Island.
Usage notes
editThe Union Internationale des Huissiers de Justice prefers the term judicial officer, but this term is not actually used by English-speakers who prefer instead the inexact bailiff or the French huissier de justice.
Synonyms
editFrench
editEtymology
editCoined to distinguish this role from other senses of huissier (“usher”).
Pronunciation
editNoun
edithuissier de justice m (plural huissiers de justice)
- (law) huissier de justice; collector
- Synonym: huissier
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