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Officers of the Court

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An all-inclusive term for any type of court employee including judges, clerks, sheriffs, marshals, bailiffs, and constables.

An attorney is also regarded as being an officer of the court and must therefore comply with court rules.


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There were also questions and discussions on sexual orientation being a choice versus a status; the right to marriage; tolerance; the constitutional right to equality and the need for the judicial system to reexamine itself; and for officers of the court to receive training or refresher courses on issues of human and socio-economic rights and constitutional law.
Premarital sex has led to impoverished and exhausted single mothers rocking the baby, paying the rent and spending countless hours with social workers and officers of the court over their at-risk children.
As officers of the court lawyers have an absolute ethical duty to tell judges the truth, including avoiding dishonesty or evasion about reasons the attorney or his/her client is not appearing, the location of documents and other matters
 
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