A month ago my bank informed me that it had been obliged to arrest £250 of my money to satisfy a court order obtained by sheriff officers.

Nevertheless a sheriff officer has the right to come to our home, take possession of items which I have paid for and take me to court.

One day, I was out with the sheriff officer when the car behind us somersaulted off the road and down a 50 ft embankment.

Both messengers-at-arms and sheriff officers are employed by private businesses and charge fees that are set by Act of Sederunt.

The most common British English translation for huissier de justice is "bailiff" (and sometimes "sheriff officer", "marshal", or "judicial officer").

Most of the poll tax which is paid is going straight into sheriff officers' pockets.'

A spokesman for the sheriff officers said the sale had not been cancelled.

The position is so bad that the sheriff officers are afraid to go into homes.

The saddest story I heard was of a sheriff officer going to a door to collect items that were to be sold at auction.

During the height of the prohibition era, the small town was raided by King County sheriff officers looking for 'bootleggers'.