1) Latin legal terminology
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(pahs-see coh-mitt-tah-tus) n. from Latin for "possible force," the power of the sheriff to call upon any able- bodied adult men (and presumably women) in the county to assist him in apprehending a criminal. The assembled group is called a posse for short.
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[organization] The Posse Comitatus (Latin, `force of the county`) is a loosely organized, far-right, social movement who spread a conspiracy-minded, anti-government and anti-semitic message in the name of white male Christians to counter what they believe is an attack on their social and political rights. Many Posse members practice surviva...
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[common law] Posse comitatus is the common-law or statute law authority of a county sheriff, or other law officer, to conscript any able-bodied man to assist him in keeping the peace or to pursue and arrest a felon, similar to the concept of the `hue and cry.` Originally found in English common law, it is generally obsolete; however, it sur...
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• The power of the county, or the citizens who may be summoned by the sheriff to assist the authorities in suppressing a riot, or executing any legal precept which is forcibly opposed. • A collection of people; a throng; a rabble.
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ancient English institution consisting of the shire`s force of able-bodied private citizens summoned to assist in maintaining public order. ...
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n. It is a latin term meaning "possble force" where the senior law enforcement officer is given the right to include physically and mentally fit men and women to help him in taking into custody a criminal.These people act like a temporary police force who help in maintaning law and order.
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Pos'se com`i·ta'tus [ Latin
posse to be able, to have power + Late Latin
comitatus a county, from
comes ,
comitis , a count. See
County , and
Power .]
1. (Law) The power of the county, or the citizens who may be summoned by the sheriff to assist the authorities...
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(posse) a posse, group of volunteers - (this is the derivation of the word 'posse' - originally a group of men, over age fifteen, assembled from a county, for a lawful purpose - 'posse' was literally 'be able'; comitatus was county)
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