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noun
A public officer authorized to hear and decide cases in a court of law.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: law
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noun
A huissier de justice, a process server and officer of the court in several European countries.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: law
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History
As a European official, a calque of French huissier de justice (“court usher”) employing officer because of usher's lack of legal associations in English.
