01 The power of the county, or the citizens who may be summoned by the sheriff to assist the authorities in suppressing a riot, or executing a…
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The power of the county, or the citizens who may be summoned by the sheriff to assist the authorities in suppressing a riot, or executing any legal precept which is forcibly opposed.(Law)
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A collection of people; a throng; a rabble.[Colloq.]“As if the passion that rules were the sheriff of the place, and came off with all the posse.” — Locke.