Definition of Polce
Po*lice" (?), n. [F., fr. L.
politia the condition of a state, government, administration,
Gr. &?;, fr. &?; to be a citizen, to govern or administer a state, fr.
&?; citizen, fr. &?; city; akin to Skr. pur, puri. Cf.
Policy polity, Polity.] 1. A
judicial and executive system, for the government of a city, town, or
district, for the preservation of rights, order, cleanliness, health,
etc., and for the enforcement of the laws and prevention of crime; the
administration of the laws and regulations of a city, incorporated
town, or borough.
2. That which concerns the order of the
community; the internal regulation of a state.
3. The organized body of civil officers in a
city, town, or district, whose particular duties are the preservation
of good order, the prevention and detection of crime, and the
enforcement of the laws.
4. (Mil.) Military police, the body of
soldiers detailed to preserve civil order and attend to sanitary
arrangements in a camp or garrison.
5. The cleaning of a camp or garrison, or the
state &?; a camp as to cleanliness.
Police commissioner, a civil officer, usually
one of a board, commissioned to regulate and control the appointment,
duties, and discipline of the police. -- Police
constable, or Police officer, a
policeman. -- Police court, a minor court
to try persons brought before it by the police. -- Police
inspector, an officer of police ranking next below a
superintendent. -- Police jury, a body of
officers who collectively exercise jurisdiction in certain cases of
police, as levying taxes, etc.; -- so called in Louisiana.
Bouvier. -- Police justice, or Police
magistrate, a judge of a police court. --
Police offenses (Law), minor offenses
against the order of the community, of which a police court may have
final jurisdiction. -- Police station, the
headquarters of the police, or of a section of them; the place where
the police assemble for orders, and to which they take arrested
persons.
Po*lice", v. t. [imp. & p.
p. Policed (?); p. pr. & vb. n.
Policing.] 1. To keep in order by
police.
2. (Mil.) To make clean; as, to
police a camp.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
POLICE, n. An armed force for protection and participation.
- 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue
- An organisation granted authority to enforce the law.
- To enforce the law and keep order among (a group).
French
- police
- (typography) fount, font
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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