posse comitatus
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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
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- Subclass of
- group of humans
- Form of government
- common law
- Image
- Ruby Murders posse and two prisoners.jpg
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- foundational text
- Posse Comitatus Act
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