Posse Comitatus Act
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1878, U.S. federal law that makes it a crime to use the military as a domestic police force in the United States under most circumstances.
COMITATUS - Lat. An armed group of men attached to a leader.
A county. Most of the states are divided into counties; some, as Louisiana, are divided into parishes.
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Posse Comitatus
n. It is a latin term meaning "possble force" where the senior law enforcement officer is given the right to include physically and mentally fit men and women to help him in taking into custody a criminal.
Comitatus. See County, Power of.
Commerce. Latin commercium.
COMITATUS. A county. Most of the states are divided into counties; some, as Louisiana, are divided into parishes.
posse comitatus
(pahs-see coh-mitt-tah-tus) n. from Latin for "possible force," the power of the law enforcement officer to call upon any able- bodied adult men (and presumably women) in the county to assist him in apprehending a criminal.
posse comitatus Latin term meaning the power or force of the county; the entire population of a county above the age of 15, which a sheriff may summon for assistance in certain cases, as to aid in keeping the peace, pursuing felons, and the like.
Code, Section 1385: The Posse Comitatus Act of 18 June 1878 Reaction in Congress against the Reconstruction-era suspensions of Southern states' rights to organize militias led to the passage of the Posse Comitatus Act, ...
In 1878, Congress passed the Posse Comitatus Act, which forbids military involvement in domestic law enforcement without congressional approval.
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