1910–1911
Britannica 11th
Encyclopaedia Britannica · 11th edition
TIPSTAFF (Mid. Enp. tipped staf), a staff of office mounted with a tip or cap of metal, or with a crown, carried by a constable or sheriff's officer, the term being hence applied to such an officer. Tipstaffs are attached to the king's bench and chancery divisions of the High Court of Justice in England; their duty is to arrest or take into custody any person on an order of committal, if within the precincts of the court, and convey him to the king's prison at Holloway. The tipstaff for the common law courts was or…
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