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What is posse comitatus?

What is posse comitatus? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. (historical) 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.
  2. (figuratively) Any band of men, especially armed or hostile.
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The posse comitatus was also summoned, and it quickly responded.
The marshal then summoned a posse comitatus of two thousand men.
We must call out the posse comitatus, and sail with them bodily.
They are the standing army, and the militia, jailers, constables, posse comitatus, etc.
It also held that the organized military could be summoned and used by a civil officer as a part of the posse comitatus.
The Senate Judiciary Committee agreed that marshals could summon both the militia and regular troops to serve in a posse comitatus.

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