tipstaff
Officer bearing staff
A tipstaff is a court officer or bailiff, especially one who attends to order in a courtroom or escorts prisoners.
The word comes from the metal-tipped staff such officers traditionally carried as a badge of authority.
The staff itself is also called a tipstaff.
The tipstaff led the defendant from the courtroom.
Legal proceeding overseer
- usherOne who seats guests
- constableLow-ranking peace officer
- sheriffCounty's chief officer
- marshalArrange in proper order
sergeant-at-arms · attendant · doorkeeper · messenger · escort · summoner
Short thick stick
- maceBludgeon with flanged head
- rodThin rigid stick
- cudgelThick wooden club
- nightstickPolice impact weapon
Civil judicial officer
- tribunalJudicial decision-making body
- judiciaryLaw-interpreting government branch
- proceedingsSequence of formal events
- hearingPerceiving sound waves
summons · warrant · subpoena · writ · docket · bench · arraignment · custody
Ceremonial emblems of authority
- processionFormal moving line
- pompOstentatious display of dignity
- mace-bearerCeremonial staff carrier
- ritualCeremonial set of actions
solemnity · robes · tradition · pageantry · inauguration · convocation · vestments · insignia
bailiff
Legal proceeding overseer
marshal · sergeant-at-arms · attendant · doorkeeper · messenger · escort · summoner
truncheon
Short thick stick
nightstick · club · bludgeon · billy · cosh · blackjack · wand
magistrate
Civil judicial officer
- tribunalJudicial decision-making body
- judiciaryLaw-interpreting government branch
- proceedingsSequence of formal events
hearing · summons · warrant · subpoena · writ · docket · bench · arraignment · custody · committal
regalia
Ceremonial emblems of authority
- processionFormal moving line
- pompOstentatious display of dignity
- mace-bearerCeremonial staff carrier
ritual · solemnity · robes · tradition · pageantry · inauguration · convocation · vestments · insignia
tipstaffjudge
One who decides
magistrate · justice · chief justice · presiding judge · judicial officer