| Thorndike was halted, but the first tipstaff came to his rescue. |
| The tipstaff serves in the same way as a badge of the Queen's authority for law enforcement. |
| The whole judicial hierarchy, from the highest presidents in the parlements to the humble tipstaff in the obscurest rural jurisdiction, bought their positions. |
| At a door a tipstaff laid his hand roughly on the arm of Mr. Thorndike. |
| My direction to the tipstaff, who got admittance into the house, was to conduct him to a judge, according to the writ. |
| His arm was grasped roughly by a tipstaff, who hurried to his side. |
