Posse comitatus is the authority of a law officer to conscript any able-bodied males to assist him.
Posse comitatus may also refer to:
- Posse Comitatus (organization), a loosely organized far-right social movement that opposes the United States federal government and believes in localism
- Posse Comitatus Act, a United States federal law prohibiting members of the military from exercising powers that maintain "law and order" on non-federal property
- "Posse Comitatus" (The West Wing), the third-season finale of the TV series The West Wing
- "Posse Comitatus", a of the TV series JAG
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