Looking for sentences and phrases with the word tipstaff? Here are some examples.
Sentence Examples
The whole judicial hierarchy, from the highest presidents in the parlements to the humble tipstaff in the obscurest rural jurisdiction, bought their positions.
The tipstaff serves in the same way as a badge of the Queen's authority for law enforcement.
All four children are now wards of court, so information about their whereabouts should be given to the Tipstaff, at the Royal Courts of Justice, in central London.
Examples from Classical Literature
But the tipstaff was wroth, and picking up a large law book smashed it flat.
The tipstaff approached Mole and hit the offending hat with his stick, but it did not move.
The d'Herouvilles are descended from a tipstaff in the time of Robert of Normandy.
My direction to the tipstaff, who got admittance into the house, was to conduct him to a judge, according to the writ.
It was through this gateway that the tipstaff preceded Mr. Pickwick, as you may read in chapter xii.
His arm was grasped roughly by a tipstaff, who hurried to his side.
At a door a tipstaff laid his hand roughly on the arm of Mr. Thorndike.
Thorndike was halted, but the first tipstaff came to his rescue.
