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posse comitatus:
n. (16c)
[Latin “power of the county”]
1. A group of citizens who are called together to help the sheriff keep the peace or conduct rescue operations. — Often shortened to posse. [1]
1. The body of men summoned by a sheriff or other peace officer to assist him in making an arrest. Better known in modern usage as a posse. [2]
1. Means “the power of the group.” A body of individuals available to be assembled by a sheriff to assist him in maintaining order or making an arrest. [3]
posse:
1. A body of men, even a single man, summoned by a sheriff or other peace officer to assist him in making an arrest. The power or force of the county. Verb: [Latin] To be able; to be possible. [2]
Posse Comitatus Act:
1. An 1878 federal statute that, with a few exceptions, prohibits the Army or Air Force from directly participating in civilian law-enforcement operations, as by making arrests, conducting searches, or seizing evidence. * The Act does not usually apply to members of the Navy, the National Guard, or the Coast Guard. 18 USCA § 1385. Abbr. PCA. [11
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[1]: Black’s Law Dictionary Deluxe Tenth Edition by Henry Campbell Black & Editor in Chief Bryan A. Garner. ISBN: 978-0-314-62130-6
[2]: Ballantine’s Law Dictionary with Pronunciations
Third Edition by James A. Ballantine (James Arthur 1871-1949). Edited by William S. Anderson. © 1969 by THE LAWYER’S CO-OPERATIVE PUBLISHING COMPANY. Library of Congress Catalog Card No. 68-30931
[3]: Ballantine’s Law Dictionary Legal Assistant Edition
by Jack Ballantine (James Arthur 1871-1949). Doctored by Jack G. Handler, J.D. © 1994 Delmar by Thomson Learning. ISBN 0-8273-4874-6.
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