posse comitatusn.

Brit.

/ˌpɒsɪ ˌkɒmᵻˈtɑːtəs/, U.S.

/ˈˌpɑsi ˌkɑməˈtɑdəs/

Forms: 1500s– posse comitatus, 1600s possé comitatus, 1800s posser commertatus (U.S. nonstandard), 1800s posse comitatûs.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin posse comitatus.

Etymology: < post-classical Latin posse comitatus force of the county (frequently 1234–15th cent. in British sources) < posse (see posse n.¹) + comitatus , genitive of comitatus comitatus n. (see also county n.¹ and adj.).

1. The population of able-bodied men above the age of fifteen in a county whom the sheriff may summon to repress a riot, pursue felons, etc.; a body of men so raised and commanded by the sheriff. Now historical.In the United Kingdom, the sheriff's power to summon the posse comitatus, though long disused, remained in law until the passage of the Criminal Law Act of 1967. In the United States, though historically most significant in the frontier country of the West, the posse comitatus remains as an institution in many states.

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society > law > law enforcement > law-enforcement or peace-officer > [noun] > body of men summoned as posse

power of the county (also shire)a1325

posse comitatus1576

posse1646

1576 Official Papers Sir N. Bacon (1915) 216 Mr. Sheryve meaneth in person to repayre thither & with force to bryng hym from Aylesham, Whomsoever he fyndeth to denye the same & suerly will with Posse Comitatus fetch hym from this new erected pryson to morrow.

1628 in R. F. Williams Birch's Court & Times Charles I (1848) (modernized text) I. 453 The high sheriff of Dorsetshire had order to raise possé comitatus, to attack those unfencers of Gillingham forest.

1658 R. Brathwait Age of Apes in Honest Ghost 247 Some thought it was a Posse Comitatus Rais'd in the County, purposely to seaze On some Recusant for arrerages.

1704 T. Baker Act at Oxf. i. i. 9 I'll raise the Posse Comitatus upon you, for a Disturber of her Majesty's Sots, and have your Nose split to make you look like the Sign o'the Spread Eagle.

1718 Indulgent Parents & Rebellious Children 31 His Lordship order'd him to go to the Sherifff, and get him to raise the Posse Comitatus. But the Sheriff being out of Town, that cou'd not be done.

1765 W. Blackstone Comm. Laws Eng. I. ix. 343 For keeping the peace and pursuing felons, he may command all the people of his county to attend him; which is called the posse comitatus, or power of the county.

1822 Sat. Evening Post (Philadelphia) 21 Sept. 2/4 A number of sailors proceeded on Thursday week, in a body to Rutger's Wharf, New-York, where a sloop of war is fitting out for the Colombian government, and attempted to take possession of and dismantle her... The Sheriff, under-Sheriff, Marshals and posse comitatus were there in time.

1869 M. Arnold Culture & Anarchy ii. 56 No aristocracy likes the notion of..a stringent administrative machinery superseding the decorative inutilities of lord-lieutenancy, deputy-lieutenancy, and the posse comitatûs, which are all in its own hands.

1937 H. Cummings Federal Justice xii. 246 The appropriation act of June 18, 1878, forbade the use of any part of the army of the United States as a marshal's posse comitatus.

1966 A. Harding Social Hist. Eng. Law 270 Horizontal and nationwide class divisions had by 1700 made the posse comitatus unusable as a police force, since it included the very classes which were prone to riot.

1995 N.Y. Rev. Bks. 10 Aug. 51/2 ‘Posse Comitatus’, the ‘county force’, refers to the right of citizens to be policed by civilians.

2. figurative and in extended use. A force, a band, a company, esp. one which is armed or hostile.

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the world > space > relative position > arrangement or fact of being arranged > state of being gathered together > an assemblage or collection > [noun] > strong or powerful

posse1645

posse comitatus1679

1679 J. Carkesse Lucida Intervalla 45 Fair Ladies, you the Posse Comitatus, with Beauties force, can quell the Slaves that hate us.

1800 M. Edgeworth Eton Montem ii. i. 154 Out of the whole posse-comitatus entirely new you have not a stauncher friend.

1839 T. J. Newbold Polit. & Statist. Acct. Straits of Malacca II. xi. 166 A posse comitatus consisting of a naigue, six sepoys, and six convicts.

1860 H. B. Tristram Great Sahara x. 160 On a house-top were a bevy of nut-brown maids, who..had forgotten to veil their faces. They were consequently pelted with stones by some of the posse comitatus, and retired in confusion.

1862 Harper's Mag. July 184/1 I can lick the whole posser-commertatus of yer. Come on, yer cowards!

1924 Amer. Mercury Apr. 455/2 A Prohibition enforcement officer who has fallen a victim to the just wrath of a posse comitatus.

1991 I. Sinclair Downriver vi. 160 A posse comitatus of minor uniformed officials were urgently striving to explain that their..carriages..had no corridors, no guard's van, no toilet facilities, and no space reserved for bicycles.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	posse comitatus
释义	posse comitatusn. Brit. /ˌpɒsɪ ˌkɒmᵻˈtɑːtəs/, U.S. /ˈˌpɑsi ˌkɑməˈtɑdəs/ Forms: 1500s– posse comitatus, 1600s possé comitatus, 1800s posser commertatus (U.S. nonstandard), 1800s posse comitatûs. Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin posse comitatus. Etymology: < post-classical Latin posse comitatus force of the county (frequently 1234–15th cent. in British sources) < posse (see posse n.¹) + comitatus , genitive of comitatus comitatus n. (see also county n.¹ and adj.). 1. The population of able-bodied men above the age of fifteen in a county whom the sheriff may summon to repress a riot, pursue felons, etc.; a body of men so raised and commanded by the sheriff. Now historical.In the United Kingdom, the sheriff's power to summon the posse comitatus, though long disused, remained in law until the passage of the Criminal Law Act of 1967. In the United States, though historically most significant in the frontier country of the West, the posse comitatus remains as an institution in many states. ΘΚΠ society > law > law enforcement > law-enforcement or peace-officer > [noun] > body of men summoned as posse power of the county (also shire)a1325 posse comitatus1576 posse1646 1576 Official Papers Sir N. Bacon (1915) 216 Mr. Sheryve meaneth in person to repayre thither & with force to bryng hym from Aylesham, Whomsoever he fyndeth to denye the same & suerly will with Posse Comitatus fetch hym from this new erected pryson to morrow. 1628 in R. F. Williams Birch's Court & Times Charles I (1848) (modernized text) I. 453 The high sheriff of Dorsetshire had order to raise possé comitatus, to attack those unfencers of Gillingham forest. 1658 R. Brathwait Age of Apes in Honest Ghost 247 Some thought it was a Posse Comitatus Rais'd in the County, purposely to seaze On some Recusant for arrerages. 1704 T. Baker Act at Oxf. i. i. 9 I'll raise the Posse Comitatus upon you, for a Disturber of her Majesty's Sots, and have your Nose split to make you look like the Sign o'the Spread Eagle. 1718 Indulgent Parents & Rebellious Children 31 His Lordship order'd him to go to the Sherifff, and get him to raise the Posse Comitatus. But the Sheriff being out of Town, that cou'd not be done. 1765 W. Blackstone Comm. Laws Eng. I. ix. 343 For keeping the peace and pursuing felons, he may command all the people of his county to attend him; which is called the posse comitatus, or power of the county. 1822 Sat. Evening Post (Philadelphia) 21 Sept. 2/4 A number of sailors proceeded on Thursday week, in a body to Rutger's Wharf, New-York, where a sloop of war is fitting out for the Colombian government, and attempted to take possession of and dismantle her... The Sheriff, under-Sheriff, Marshals and posse comitatus were there in time. 1869 M. Arnold Culture & Anarchy ii. 56 No aristocracy likes the notion of..a stringent administrative machinery superseding the decorative inutilities of lord-lieutenancy, deputy-lieutenancy, and the posse comitatûs, which are all in its own hands. 1937 H. Cummings Federal Justice xii. 246 The appropriation act of June 18, 1878, forbade the use of any part of the army of the United States as a marshal's posse comitatus. 1966 A. Harding Social Hist. Eng. Law 270 Horizontal and nationwide class divisions had by 1700 made the posse comitatus unusable as a police force, since it included the very classes which were prone to riot. 1995 N.Y. Rev. Bks. 10 Aug. 51/2 ‘Posse Comitatus’, the ‘county force’, refers to the right of citizens to be policed by civilians. 2. figurative and in extended use. A force, a band, a company, esp. one which is armed or hostile. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > arrangement or fact of being arranged > state of being gathered together > an assemblage or collection > [noun] > strong or powerful posse1645 posse comitatus1679 1679 J. Carkesse Lucida Intervalla 45 Fair Ladies, you the Posse Comitatus, with Beauties force, can quell the Slaves that hate us. 1800 M. Edgeworth Eton Montem ii. i. 154 Out of the whole posse-comitatus entirely new you have not a stauncher friend. 1839 T. J. Newbold Polit. & Statist. Acct. Straits of Malacca II. xi. 166 A posse comitatus consisting of a naigue, six sepoys, and six convicts. 1860 H. B. Tristram Great Sahara x. 160 On a house-top were a bevy of nut-brown maids, who..had forgotten to veil their faces. They were consequently pelted with stones by some of the posse comitatus, and retired in confusion. 1862 Harper's Mag. July 184/1 I can lick the whole posser-commertatus of yer. Come on, yer cowards! 1924 Amer. Mercury Apr. 455/2 A Prohibition enforcement officer who has fallen a victim to the just wrath of a posse comitatus. 1991 I. Sinclair Downriver vi. 160 A posse comitatus of minor uniformed officials were urgently striving to explain that their..carriages..had no corridors, no guard's van, no toilet facilities, and no space reserved for bicycles. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1576
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