huissier de justice
Noun
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Noun
huissier de justice
- (legal) An officer of the court in several European countries who serves process and notices, seizes and auctions off property, and executes garnishments, levies, and evictions, roughly similar to British bailiffs or private constables in Massachusetts and Rhode Island.
- (loosely) bailiff, notary, notary public, process server
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