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Definition of Posse
1. Noun. A temporary police force.
Generic synonyms: Constabulary, Law, Police, Police Force
Member holonyms: Posseman
Definition of Posse
1. n. See Posse comitatus.
Definition of Posse
1. Noun. (American English) A group of people summoned to help law enforcement ¹
2. Noun. (American English) A search party ¹
3. Noun. (US Jamaica) A criminal gang ¹
4. Noun. (context: by extension) A group of associates ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Posse
1. a body of men summoned to aid a peace officer [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Posse
Literary usage of Posse
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A History of Illinois, from Its Commencement as a State in 1818 to 1847 by Thomas Ford, James Shields (1854)
"... quarrel—Writs sworn out—Old trick of calling the posse—The matter adjusted—Mormon
vote in 1846—New excitements- New writs sworn out—The posse again—The ..."
2. The Law of Freedom and Bondage in the United States by John Codman Hurd (1862)
"... and call to their aid the bystanders or the posse comitatus of the proper
county when necessary, &c., &c., and all good citizens are commanded, &c., &c. ..."
3. The Law of Freedom and Bondage in the United States by John Codman Hurd (1862)
"... to summon and call to their aid the bystanders or the posse comitatus of the
... claim to the assistance of the posse comitatus—here presents itself. ..."
4. The Constitutional and Political History of the United States by Hermann Von Holst, John Joseph Lalor, Ira Hutchinson Brainerd (1892)
"The undisputed and indisputable lawfulness of the employment of the posse comitatus
in the execution of the laws was no answer to this question; ..."
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