Meaning posse comitatus
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posse comitatus(pahs-see coh-mitt-tah-tus) n. from Latin for "possible force," t...
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posse comitatus(pah-see kom-i-tah-tuhs) Latin for "power of the county." The power of the sheriff to call upon any able-bodied citizens to help keep the peace or apprehend a criminal.
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posse comitatusPosse comitatus is the common-law authority of the county sheriff to conscript any able-bodied male older than a certain age to assist him in keeping the peace or to pursue and arrest a felon. A posse [..]
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