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POSSIBLE

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Capable of existing or happening; feasible. In another sense, the word denotes extreme improbability, without excluding the idea of feasibility. It is also sometimes equivalent to "practicable" or "reasonable," as in some cases where action is required to be taken "as soon as possible." See Palmer v. St. Paul Fire & Marine Ins. Co., 44 Wis. 208. … [Read more...] about POSSIBLE

POSSE

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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. … [Read more...] about POSSE

POST

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(A) To place a notice in an obvious and conspicuous location so that it is unquestionably seen by the intended recipient, e.g. nailed to the door of the recipient's home. (B) To mail, the post date is the date a letter is mailed. (C) To record something, e.g. to post an entry to a ledger. (D) To be recorded, e.g. after transferring money, the money posted in the account … [Read more...] about POST

POSSE COMITATUS

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These Latin words signify the power of the county. 2. The sheriff has authority by the common law, while acting under the authority of the writ of the United States, commonwealth or people, as the case may be, and for the purpose of preserving the public peace, to call to his aid the posse comitatus. 3. But with respect to writs which issue, in the first instance, to arrest in … [Read more...] about POSSE COMITATUS