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posse comitatus<\/span>:<\/span><\/strong>
\nn. (16c)
\n[Latin “power of the county”]<\/span><\/p>\n

1.<\/strong> A group of citizens who are called together to help the sheriff keep the peace or conduct rescue operations.<\/strong> \u2014 Often shortened to posse<\/strong><\/em><\/span>. [1]\u00a0 <\/span><\/p>\n

1. The body of men summoned by a sheriff or other peace officer to assist him in making an arrest.\u00a0 Better known in modern usage as a posse.<\/strong> [2]\u00a0 <\/span><\/p>\n

1. Means “the power of the group.”\u00a0 A body of individuals available to be assembled by a sheriff to assist him in maintaining order or making an arrest.<\/strong> [3]<\/span><\/p>\n

posse<\/span>:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

1. A body of men, even a single man, summoned by a sheriff or other peace officer to assist him in making an arrest.\u00a0 The power or force of the county.\u00a0 Verb: [Latin] To be able; to be possible. <\/span><\/strong>[2]<\/span><\/p>\n

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Posse Comitatus Act<\/span>:<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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.\u00a0 *\u00a0 The Act does not usually apply to members of the Navy, the National Guard, or the Coast Guard. 18 USCA \u00a7 1385. Abbr. PCA.<\/strong> [11<\/span><\/p>\n

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[1]: Black\u2019s Law Dictionary\u00a0Deluxe Tenth Edition<\/a>\u00a0by Henry Campbell Black & Editor in Chief Bryan A. Garner. ISBN: 978-0-314-62130-6<\/b><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

[2]: Ballantine\u2019s Law Dictionary\u00a0<\/a><\/b><\/span><\/strong>with Pronunciations
\n<\/b><\/span><\/a><\/em>Third Edition<\/b><\/span><\/a><\/strong>\u00a0<\/span><\/strong>by James A. Ballantine\u00a0<\/b><\/span><\/strong>(James Arthur 1871-1949).\u00a0\u00a0<\/b><\/span><\/em>Edited by William S. Anderson.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a9 1969 by THE LAWYER\u2019S CO-OPERATIVE PUBLISHING COMPANY.\u00a0 Library of Congress Catalog Card No. 68-30931<\/b><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

[3]:\u00a0\u00a0Ballantine\u2019s Law Dictionary <\/a><\/b><\/span><\/strong>Legal Assistant Edition<\/b><\/span><\/a><\/em>
\nby Jack Ballantine\u00a0<\/b><\/span><\/strong>(James Arthur 1871-1949).\u00a0\u00a0<\/b><\/span><\/em>Doctored<\/b><\/span><\/a><\/strong>\u00a0<\/span><\/em>by\u00a0Jack G. Handler,\u00a0J.D.<\/a>\u00a0\u00a9 1994 Delmar by Thomson Learning.\u00a0 ISBN 0-8273-4874-6.<\/b><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

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