office
Sudebnyy pristav (court bailiff)
court bailiff
also: судебный пристав
A sudebnyy pristav was a court bailiff empowered to enforce judgments and seize property for unpaid debts -- his arrival signals that the narrator's ruin has become a formal legal matter.
Reading notes
- The Virtuous Tavern-Keeper §29 court bailiff
A sudebnyy pristav, a court bailiff empowered to enforce judgments and seize property for unpaid debts -- his approach signals that the narrator's ruin, for all Tsutsykov's 'help,' is now a matter of law.