Huissier de justice is the French

French language

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 term, hence used in France

France

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, Luxembourg

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, Quebec

Quebec

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, Suisse romande, and the French Community of Belgium

French Community of Belgium

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, named gerechtsdeurwaarder in Dutch

Dutch language

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 for the Flemish Community

Flemish Community

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 and the Netherlands

Netherlands

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, for a specific legal officer that also occurs in Greece

Greece

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, Italy

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 and the three other language regions of Switzerland

Switzerland

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. The most common British English

British English

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 translation for huissier de justice is "bailiff

Bailiff

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" (and sometimes "sheriff

Sheriff

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 officer", "marshal

Marshal

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", or "judicial officer

Judicial officer

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The officer is appointed by a magistrate of the court

Judge

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 (or in France, by the Minister of Justice), and holds the monopoly right to serve and execute the decisions made by courts and enforceable instruments, as well as formally bear witness to events (constat d'huissier).

As a member of the legal profession, he acts in the service of process

Service of process

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, responsible for delivering such documents and authenticating parties to whom they are delivered; proceeds in the enforcement and recovery of any court and legal claims, including bankruptcy

Bankruptcy

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, property claims, seizures

Search and seizure

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, and eviction

Eviction

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s; issues court summonses (assignments and quotations); and performs other actions.