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Posse comitatus Moderate

Posse comitatus has 2 different meanings across 1 category:

Noun

Definitions
Noun
1

a temporary police force

2

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.

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Broader Terms (hypernyms)
police
Rhyming Words
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