Posse comitatus: alternatives and connections

The coming into court of either of the parties; the being present in court; the coming into court of a party summoned in an action, ei…

One appointed or elected to assist a judge or magistrate with his special knowledge of the subject to be decided; as legal assessors,…

To take by legal authority: (a) To arrest by writ, and bring before a court, as to answer for a debt, or a contempt; -- applied to a t…

The chief law officer of the state, empowered to act in all litigation in which the law-executing power is a party, and to advise this…

the organization that is the governing authority of a political unit; "the government reduced taxes"; "the matter was referred to high…

Government; the persons or the body exercising power or command; as, the local authorities of the States; the military authorities.

Originally, a person put in charge of something especially, a chief officer, magistrate, or keeper, as of a county, town, hundred, or…

Legal or noral qualification, as of age, residence, character, etc., necessary for certain purposes, as for holding office, for marryi…

An act of a legislative body creating a municipal or other corporation and defining its powers and privileges. Also, an instrument in…

a political system in which the supreme power lies in a body of citizens who can elect people to represent them

a political system in which the supreme power lies in a body of citizens who can elect people to represent them

A grade or rank in classification; a portion of a tribe or of a class; or, in some recent authorities, equivalent to a subkingdom.

One of the chief esslesiastical authorities of the first centuries after Christ; -- often spoken of collectively as the Fathers; as, t…

the organization that is the governing authority of a political unit; "the government reduced taxes"; "the matter was referred to high…

Want of legal qualifications, or of legal power; as, incapability of holding an office.

Hence: An elementary and necessary principle; a precept, maxim, or rule, recognized as established and authoritative; usually in the p…

Formerly, a part or division of a county among the Anglo-Saxons. At present it consists of four or five hundreds, and is confined to t…

Created by, permitted by, in conformity with, or relating to, law; as, a legal obligation; a legal standard or test; a legal procedure…