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posse noun arm of the law, armed band, band, band of armed men, band of men armed with legal authority, body of men armed with legal process, body of men summoned by a sheriff, civilian police, custodians of the law, detachment of police, detail, force armed with legal authority, group of deputies, group of persons organized with legal authorization, law enforcement body

See also: possibility

POSSE. This word is used substantively to signify a possibility. For example, such a thing is in posse, that is, such a thing may possibly be; when the thing is in being, the phrase to express it is, in esse. (q.v.)

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"The Civil Rights Cases" arm of the law armed band band band of armed men band of men armed with legal authority body of men armed with legal process body of men summoned by a sheriff Brady Center to Prevent Gun Violence Brief for Appellee Brief for Respondent civilian police colorable competence Compromise of 1850 Constitutional Law detachment of police detail Disaster Relief			posited position position in society position of influence position of power position paper position together positioned positions positive positive action positive declaration Positive Evidence positive fact Positive Law positive statement positively positively declared positively direct positiveness Positivism positivistic Posito uno oppositorum negatur alterum positus Posner, Richard Allen posse Posse comitatus possesion of anabolic steriods possess possess authority possess oneself of possessed possessed of knowledge possessing double meaning possessing merit possessing unlimited power possessio Possessio est quasi pedis positio Possessio fratris possession possession and control Possession is a good title possession of firearm possession of full rights possession of stolen goods Possession of the termer possessione depellere possessions possessiveness possessor Possessor has right against all men but him who has the very right			Pospelov, Aleksei Ivanovich Pospelov, Gennadii Pospelov, Gennadii Nikolaevich Pospelov, Germogen Pospelov, Germogen Sergeevich Pospelov, Petr Pospelov, Petr Nikolaevich Pospelov, Vladimir Pospelov, Vladimir Petrovich POSPET POSPO Pospolite Pospolite ruszenie POSQ POSR POSRA POSRB Posrednik Publishing House POSRP POSRV Poss Poss Poss Poss POSS-II poss. Possart, Ernst posse Posse (group) posse comitatus posse comitatus posse comitatus Posse comitatus (disambiguation) Posse comitatus (disambiguation) Posse Comitatus Act Posse Comitatus Act Posse Comitatus Act of 1878 Posse commitatus Posse commitatus Posse Traction Posse, Konstantin Posse, Konstantin Aleksandrovich posseman Posser posses posses posses Possesion Possesion Possesion Possesion Possesion possesion of anabolic steriods Possesive case possess possess possess possess

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