comitatus posse

  • 1Posse Comitatus (organization) — For other uses, see Posse comitatus (disambiguation). The Posse Comitatus (from the Latin phrase meaning force of the county ) is a loosely organized far right social movement that opposes the United States federal government and believes in… …

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  • 2Posse Comitatus — Act Le Posse Comitatus Act est un principe politique selon lequel l Armée n a pas le droit d intervenir dans les affaires du gouvernement civil, dans celles de la Justice ou dans une procédure judiciaire. Sommaire 1 Histoire 2 Texte 3 Étymologie …

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  • 3Posse comitatus — Act Le Posse Comitatus Act est un principe politique selon lequel l Armée n a pas le droit d intervenir dans les affaires du gouvernement civil, dans celles de la Justice ou dans une procédure judiciaire. Sommaire 1 Histoire 2 Texte 3 Étymologie …

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  • 4Posse comitatus (common law) — Posse comitatus refers to the common law authority wielded by the county sheriff to conscript any able bodied male eighteen or older to assist him in keeping the peace or to pursue and arrest a felon; compare hue and cry . It is the law… …

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  • 5Posse Comitatus (El ala oeste) — Saltar a navegación, búsqueda Posse Comitatus Episodio de El Ala Oeste Título Posse Comitatus Episodio nº Temporada 3 Episodio 22 (66) Escrito por Aaron Sorkin …

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  • 6posse comitatus — the power of the county . The sheriff was able to call together able bodied men to keep the peace. The institution transplanted to the USA, thence into ordinary parlance: round up a posse . Collins dictionary of law. W. J. Stewart. 2001. posse… …

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  • 7Posse comitatus — may refer to: Posse comitatus (common law), the authority of a law officer to conscript any able bodied males to assist him Posse Comitatus (organization), a loosely organized far right social movement that opposes the United States federal… …

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  • 8Posse comitatus — Pos se com i*ta tus [L. posse to be able, to have power + LL. comitatus a county, from comes, comitis, a count. See {County}, and {Power}.] [1913 Webster] 1. (Law) The power of the county, or the citizens who may be summoned by the sheriff to… …

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  • 9posse — 1640s (in Anglo Latin from early 14c.), shortening of posse comitatus the force of the county (1620s, in Anglo Latin from late 13c.), from M.L. posse body of men, power, from L. posse have power, be able + comitatus of the county, genitive of… …

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  • 10posse — [käm΄ə tāt′əspäs′ē] n. [ML, short for posse comitatus, power of the county < L posse, to be able (see POTENT) + comitatus, county < comes, a COUNT2] 1. Historical a) the body of men required, upon being summoned, to assist the sheriff in… …

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