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TIPSTAFF (Mid. Eng. tipped staf)

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Originally appearing in Volume V26, Page 1005 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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TIPSTAFF (
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Mid. Eng. tipped staf)  , a
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staff of
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office mounted with a tip or cap of
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metal, or with a
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crown, carried by a
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con-
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stable or
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sheriff's officer, the
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term being hence applied to such an officer . Tipstaffs are attached to the
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king's
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bench and
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chancery divisions of the High
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Court of
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Justice in
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England; their
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duty is to
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arrest or take into custody any
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person on an
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order of committal, if within the precincts of the court, and convey him to the king's
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prison at
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Holloway . The
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tipstaff for the
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common
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law courts was originally appointed by the
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marshal of the king's bench, and the tipstaff of the
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lord
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chancellor by the marshal of the
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Fleet prison . Since the abolition of these prisons the tip-staffs have been appointed by the lord chancellor and lord
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chief justice respectively .

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