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Posse comitatus
Posse 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.] 1. (Law) 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. --Blackstone. 2. A collection of people; a throng; a rabble. [Colloq.] Note: The word comitatus is often omitted, and posse alone used. ``A whole posse of enthusiasts.' --Carlyle. As if the passion that rules were the sheriff of the place, and came off with all the posse. --Locke.

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- the Latin nominative plural of comitatensis, an adjective derived from comitatus ('company, party, suite'; in this military context it came to the novel...
- or rebellion. The act provides a "statutory exception" to the Posse Comitatus Act of 1878, which limits the use of military personnel under federal...