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Habere facias possessionem

officer, if necessary, may break open outer doors, in order to give possession, or he may take the posse comitatus with him if he fear violence, 1 Chit. Arch. Prac. By R.S.C. 1883, Ord. XLVII., a judgment that

Power of the County

Power of the County. See POSSE COMITATUS.

Privilege

to commoners for a 'convenient' time after prorogation and dissolution. Peers are exempt from attending courts-leet or the posse comitatus; when arraigned for any criminal offence it must be before their peers, who return a verdict, not upon

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