Definitions for posse comitatus
posse comi·ta·tus

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. posse, posse comitatusnoun

   a temporary police force

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. posse comitatusnoun

   The able-bodied men over 15 in a given county who can be summoned by the sheriff to help keep the peace, or arrest a felon; also a group of men so gathered.

2. posse comitatusnoun

   Any band of men, especially armed or hostile.

3. Etymology: From posse comitatus.

WikipediaRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Posse comitatus

   The posse comitatus (from the Latin for "power of the county/community/guard"), frequently shortened to posse, is in common law a group of people mobilized by the conservator of peace – typically a reeve, sheriff, chief, or another special/regional designee like an officer of the peace potentially accompanied by or with the direction of a justice or ajudged parajudicial process given imminence of actual damage – to suppress lawlessness, defend the people, or otherwise protect the place, property, and public welfare (see also ethical law enforcement (police by consent etc.)). The posse comitatus as an English jurisprudentially defined doctrine dates back to ninth-century England and the campaigns of Alfred the Great (and before in ancient custom and law of locally martialed forces) simultaneous thereafter with the officiation of sheriff nomination to keep the regnant peace (known as "the queen/king's peace"). Justus Causus is everpresently necessary in establishing, forming, or calling up a posse and can never be the basis for the very lawlessness or subversion of order this legal maxim is intended to subdue and defend against.

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1. posse comitatus

   Posse Comitatus refers to a group of citizens assembled by the authorities in an emergency situation to help maintain law and order or carry out a particular task. The term originates from the Latin phrase meaning "power of the county". In the United States, it also refers to the Posse Comitatus Act which prohibits the use of federal military personnel for law enforcement purposes within the country, unless specifically authorized by the Constitution or Congress.

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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

2. Posse comitatus

   a collection of people; a throng; a rabble

3. Etymology: [L. posse to be able, to have power + LL. comitatus a county, from comes, comitis, a count. See County, and Power.]

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1. Posse comitatus

   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 survives in the United States, where it is the law enforcement equivalent of summoning the militia for military purposes.

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1. Posse Comitatus

   a Latin expression, signifies the whole coercive power of a county called out in the case of a riot, and embraces all males over 15 except peers, ecclesiastics, and infirm persons. These may be summoned by the sheriff to assist in maintaining the public peace, enforcing a writ, or capturing a felon; but usually the constabulary is sufficient for these duties.

Military Dictionary and GazetteerRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. posse comitatus

   A sheriff or marshal, for the purpose of keeping the peace and pursuing felons, may command all the people of his county above fifteen years old to attend him, which is called the posse comitatus, or “power of the county.”—Blackstone.

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1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of posse comitatus in Chaldean Numerology is: 5

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of posse comitatus in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6

References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=posse comitatus
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Posse_Comitatus
3. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Posse_Comitatus
4. ^ ChatGPT
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5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/posse comitatus
6. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=posse comitatus
7. ^ The Nuttall Encyclopedia
   https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/12342/pg12342-images.html#PosseComitatus
8. ^ Military Dictionary and Gazetteer
   https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/59563/pg59563-images.html