- Huissier de justice
In
France ,Luxembourg , theFrench Community of Belgium andQuébec a huissier de justice or in theNetherlands and theFlemish Community a (gerechts)deurwaarder, is a member of the legal profession whose responsibility includes formally bearing witness to events or situations ("constat d'huissier"); "signification",fn|1 a form ofservice of process ; making the decisions of thecourt s available to the public; and execution of the courts' decisions, such as seizures andeviction s. The most commonBritish English translation for "huissier de justice" is "bailiff " (and sometimes "sheriff officer"); note however that French "huissiers de justice" are not government employees and do not have police powers.In France, as of
1 July ,2003 , there were 3,258 huissiers de justice in 2,047 chambers.ee also
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Huissier External links
* [http://www.uihj.com/index.php?lg=ang International Union of Judicial Officers]
* [http://www.huissier-justice.fr/ Huissiers de Justice] (in France)
* [http://www.eu-procedure.be/EN/ National Association of Belgian Sheriff Officers]
* [http://www.kbvg.nl/ Koninklijke Beroepsorganisatie van Gerechtsdeurwaarders]
*fr icon [http://www.huissiersquebec.qc.ca/ la Chambre des huissiers de justice du Québec]
* [http://hcch.e-vision.nl/upload/wop/lse_pd01e.pdf (pdf)] Handbook of theHague Service Convention — explains the difference between "signification" and "notification" in legal systems based on theNapoleonic Code
* [http://elixir.bham.ac.uk/Country%20information/France/Intro_france2.htm Definitions of French legal system roles]
* [http://elixir.bham.ac.uk/Country%20information/France/Huissiers/france_huissiers_quals_11.htm Qualificiations]
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