bailiff

summons

Formal court notification

• subpoenaWrit requiring testimony
• trialJudicial examination of claims
• judiciaryLaw-interpreting government branch

litigation · plaintiff · defendant · testimony · verdict · docket · juror · witness · bench · hearing

eviction

Forced departure from rental

• repossessionCreditor seizing collateral
• seizureForcible taking or convulsion
• distraintSeizing property for payment

writ · garnishment · attachment · levy · foreclosure · confiscation · execution · dispossession · warrant · notice

constable

Low-ranking peace officer

• marshalArrange in proper order
• sergeant-at-armsOfficial maintaining legislative order
• deputyAuthorized substitute or assistant

law-enforcement · uniformed · sworn · appointed · tipstaff · usher · mace-bearer · officeholder

steward

Manager for another

• manorLanded aristocratic residence
• estateProperty and grounds
• demesneLord's private estate

lord · reeve · overseer · seneschal · tenant · fief · accounts · husbandry · manor-house · peasant

order

Methodical arrangement or request

• custodyProtective care or control
• screeningEvaluative selection process
• escortOne who accompanies another

restraint · handcuffs · removal · ejection · decorum · safety · protection · patrol · checkpoint · surveillance

• court attendantsclerk, usher, court officer, stenographer, court reporter
• court staffcourt reporter, court clerk, law clerk, court officer, court interpreter
• courtroomjudge, jury, oath taking, lawyer, bench
• legallawyer, judge, jury, trial, verdict
• courthousejudge, clerk, court reporter, courtroom, jury
• job titlesCEO, CTO, CFO, CMO, cook