definition of posse comitatus
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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..
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habeas corpus habeas corpus. (hay-bee-us core-puss) n. Latin for you have the body, it is a writ (court order) which directs the law enforcement officials (prison administrators, police, or sheriff) who have custody of a prisoner to appear in court to help the judge determine whether the prisoner is unlawfully in prison or jail.
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Corpus Delicti Corpus Delicti. Corpus Delicti. Used to describe physical evidence that a crime has been committed, such as the corpse of a murder victim or the charred frame of a torched building. It's used to refer to the underlying principle that, without evidence of a crime having been committed, it would be unjust to convict someone.
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corpus delicti medical Definition of corpus delicti plural corpora delicti 1: the substantial and fundamental fact (as, in murder, actual death and its occurrence as a result of criminal agency) necessary to prove the commission of a crime
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Members' Congressional Handbook In compliance with Federal Law, Pitt County Schools administers all education programs, employment activities and admissions without discrimination against any person on the basis of gender, race, color, religion, national origin, age or disability.
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- 1 A posset was a hot drink made from milk curdled with ale, wine, or other liquor, often with sugar, spices, and herbs added in. A posset was a hot drink made from milk curdled with ale, wine, or other liquor, often with sugar, spices, and herbs added in.
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- the body of persons that a peace officer of a county is empowered to call upon for assistance in preserving the peace, making arrests, and serving writs. 2. a body of persons so called into service. Origin of posse comitatus.
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- Definition of bounty. plural. bounties. 1 : something that is given generously nature's bounty. 2 : liberality in giving : generosity. 3 : yield especially of a crop this summer's bounty of tomatoes.
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- Posse Comitatus Act and offered essential review and guidance. The Combined Arms Research Library (CARL) at Fort Leavenworth was also a crucial asset in this endeavor.
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posse Posse started out as a technical term in law, part of the term posse comitatus, which in Medieval Latin meant power or authority of the county. As such, it referred to a group of citizens summoned by a sheriff to preserve the public peace as allowed for by law. Preserving the public peace so often meant hunting down a supposed criminal that posse eventually came to mean any group organized to make a search or embark on a mission. In even broader use it can refer to any group, period.
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Actus Reus Actus Reus. Actus reus is the Latin term used to describe a criminal act. Every crime must be considered in two parts-the physical act of the crime (actus reus) and the mental intent to do the crime (mens rea). To establish actus reus, a lawyer must prove that the accused party was responsible for a deed prohibited by criminal law.
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Posse comitatus Posse comitatus. For other uses, see Posse comitatus (disambiguation). An American posse in 1922, which captured the outlaws Manuel Martinez and Placidio Silvas, who are in the center of the back row. Martinez and Silvas were arrested for the Ruby Murders after the largest manhunt in the history of the Southwest.
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habeas corpus Habeas Corpus. [Latin, You have the body.] A writ (court order) that commands an individual or a government official who has restrained another to produce the prisoner at a designated time and place so that the court can determine the legality of custody and decide whether to order the prisoner's release.
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Search Legal Terms and Definitions habeas corpus. (hay-bee-us core-puss) n. Latin for you have the body, it is a writ (court order) which directs the law enforcement officials (prison administrators, police or sheriff) who have custody of a prisoner to appear in court with the prisoner to help the judge determine whether the prisoner is lawfully in prison or jail.
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cantus firmus Definition of cantus firmus. 1 : the plainsong or simple Gregorian melody originally sung in unison and prescribed as to form and use by ecclesiastical tradition. 2 : a melodic theme or subject; especially : one for contrapuntal treatment.
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- Reestablishing the Principle: The Posse Comitatus Act of 1878. The excessive presence of the military in the South, and especially the use. of partisan election marshals during the hotly disputed 1876 presidential. election, helped bring Reconstruction to an end.
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Militia Law and Legal Definition Militia Law & Legal Definition. Militia refers to a body of citizens armed and trained by the state for military service apart from the regular armed forces. It is composed of physically fit civilians eligible by law for military service.
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- command all the people of his county to attend him; which is call the posse comitatus, or power of the county; which. summons every person above fifteen years old, and under the degree of a peer, is bound to attend upon warning, under. pain of fine and imprisonment.” 1 BLACKSTONE, supra footnote 6, at 332.
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Cicero Itaque earum rerum hic tenetur a sapiente delectus, ut aut reiciendis voluptatibus maiores alias consequatur aut perferendis doloribus asperiores repellat. Natural law or the law of nature a theory that posits the existence of a law whose content is set by nature and that therefore has validity everywhere.
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Partus sequitur ventrem Partus sequitur ventrem. Partus sequitur ventrem, often abbreviated to partus, in the British North American colonies and later in the United States, was a legal doctrine which the English royal colonies incorporated in legislation related to definitions of slavery.
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Modus Operandi Definition: Upon discovery of a stolen vehicle with such a mark, the law enforcement officials might include George on the list of suspects because the evidence at the crime scene is consistent with his modus operandi. Other aspects of a modus operandi include whether a know criminal works at night or with partners.
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List of Latin phrases (H) You should have the body. A legal term from the 14th century or earlier. Refers to a number of legal writs to bring a person before a court or judge, most commonly habeas corpus ad subjiciendum (you may have the body to bring up). Commonly used as the general term for a prisoner's legal right to challenge the legality of their detention.
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posse comitatus : the power of a county: a : the entire body of the inhabitants who may be summoned by the sheriff to assist in preserving the public peace (as in a riot) or in executing a legal precept that is forcibly opposed including under the common law every male inhabitant who is above 15 years of age and not infirm b : a body of persons so summoned.
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Sui Generis 1 This section provides, in the context of Law Enforcement, a partial definition of ejusdem generis rule.ResourcesSee AlsoLaw Enforcement Officer Policeman Law Enforcement Agency Further Reading ejusdem  [...]... Legatum Generis A legacy of a thing in general terms as belonging to a class, e.g., a slave.
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Habeas corpus These include: 1  Habeas corpus ad deliberandum et recipiendum: a writ for bringing an accused from a different county into a court in the place where a crime had been committed for purposes of trial, or more literally to return holding the body for purposes of deliberation and receipt of a decision.
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- Recklessness (law) In criminal law, recklessness (also called dolus eventualis or unchariness) is one of the four possible classes of mental state constituting mens rea (the Latin for guilty mind).