posse comitatus

Εννοια (Αγγλικός)

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.

Έννοιες

αστυνομικό απόσπασμα

Συνώνυμα

posse

force

vigilance committee

Μεταφράσεις

Landsturm

Bande

destacamento

posse comitatus

Ετυμολογία (Αγγλικός)

From Late Latin posse comitātūs (“force of the county”, literally “power of the county”).