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Princeton's WordNet

  1. posse, posse comitatus(noun)

    a temporary police force


  1. posse comitatus(Noun)

    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 comitatus(Noun)

    Any band of men, especially armed or hostile.

  3. Origin: From 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

  2. Posse comitatus

    a collection of people; a throng; a rabble


  1. Posse comitatus


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