Posse comitatus (common law) definition

Posse comitatus (common law)

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WordNet

noun

(1) A temporary police force

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Etymology

posse from possum, to be able + comitatus, the court of a king

Noun

posse comitatus

the authority of a sheriff to conscript able-bodied men to help keep the peace, or arrest a felon

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