court official
Judicial staff member
A court official is someone who holds an administrative or functional role within a legal court system.
This includes judges, clerks, bailiffs, court reporters, and similar positions that keep proceedings running: The court official called the next case.
The term can also refer to attendants serving in a royal court.
- magistrateCivil judicial officer
- bailiffLegal proceeding overseer
- benchShared seating surface
- tipstaffCourt officer or their rod
- judgeOne who decides
robe · justice · sheriff · stenographer · chamberlain · adjudicator · circuit judge · interpreter · constable · beadle · process server · arbitrator · probation officer · public defender · jury foreman · marshal · summons · mediator
- officialsofficials, bailiff, bureaucrat, congressman, governor-general
- ancient governmentvizier, prefect, consul, satrap, procurator
- Chinese Courtmandarin, eunuch, empress, crown prince, consort
- Joseon Aristocracynobleman, noblewoman, aristocrat, noble house, literati
- historical rulersJulius Caesar, Charlemagne, Napoleon Bonaparte, Cleopatra, Alexander the Great
- nobilityking, queen, prince, princess, duke
formality and authority
court officialoutlaw
Fugitive from justice
spectator · private citizen · intruder · trespasser · fugitive