Talk:Posse comitatus (common law)

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Contents 1 Translation 2 contradiction w/ Posse Comitatus (U.S. movement) entry 3 Modern usage 4 fraudulent use 5 Law Enforcement Wikiproject

[edit] Translation

According to the Encyclopedia Britannica, posse comitatus means "force of the county", according to Merriam-Webster "power or authority of the county". The deviant translations in Wikipedia are probably the result of trying to translate the term from antique ("golden") Latin, whereas it's acutally medieval Latin. Maikel 16:01, 16 February 2006 (UTC)

[edit] contradiction w/ Posse Comitatus (U.S. movement) entry

Where this article talks about a singular anti-Semitic movement, the Posse Comitatus (U.S. movement) article describes a much looser set of ideas about the distribution of power within the American legal system. Is it a monolithic conspiracy or a school of thought?

[edit] Modern usage

The article suggests that posse comitatus has fallen into disuse, and it probably has on the scale of dozens of non-officers assisting conventional law enforcement officers for hours or days at a time. However, my limited experience suggests incidents of one or two non-officers assisting law enforcement officers carry out an arrest over a time span of seconds or minutes are probably more common, especially if the non-officers are in an occupation that puts them in close proximity to law enforcement officers, such as firefighters and emergency medical technicians. Gerry Ashton 18:58, 9 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] fraudulent use

though I disagree with the group, it's definition falls within the broad definition given in the introduction. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 71.109.100.122 (talk) 05:01, 22 February 2007 (UTC).

[edit] Law Enforcement Wikiproject

I gave this article a rating of start class for Wikiproject Law Enforcement. --DLPanther 00:20, 11 September 2007 (UTC)