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posse comitatus - Meaning and Examples

Meaning of 'posse comitatus' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Posse comitatus
- 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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