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judicial officer

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.09 in modern English

Syllables
ju-di-cial of-fi-cer
IPA
33
Scrabble Score
15
Letters
5
Syllables
11
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A public officer authorized to hear and decide cases in a court of law.

noun

A huissier de justice, a process server and officer of the court in several European countries.

Etymology

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.

Inflected Forms

judicial officers (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

judge justice

Synonyms

huissier de justice

Questions

What does judicial officer mean?
A public officer authorized to hear and decide cases in a court of law.
Where does judicial officer come from?
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.

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