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Posse Comitatus
Webster's Dictionary
(1):
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.
(2):
A collection of people; a throng; a rabble.
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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Posse Comitatus'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/web/p/posse-comitatus.html. 1828.