POSSE COMITATUS

n.

2 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


1.
n.

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.
n.

A collection of people; a throng; a rabble. [Colloq.]


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