Etymology

huissier de justice

Today it means: An officer of the court in several European countries who serves processes 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. Full definition →

French huissier de justice
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The story

  1. French · borrowed fromhuissier de justice“justice usher, court usher”
  2. English todayhuissier de justice

From French huissier de justice (“justice usher, court usher”).

Words from the same roots

Frenchhuissier de justice all →

judicial officer

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.