CONSTABLE
\kˈɒnstəbə͡l], \kˈɒnstəbəl], \k_ˈɒ_n_s_t_ə_b_əl]\
Definitions of CONSTABLE
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A high officer in the monarchical establishments of the Middle Ages.
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An officer of the peace having power as a conservator of the public peace, and bound to execute the warrants of judicial officers.
By Oddity Software
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A peace officer for a particular geographic area -- most often a rural county -- who commonly has the power to serve legal papers, arrest lawbreakers and keep the peace. Depending on the state, a constable may be similar to a marshal or sheriff.
By Oddity Software
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
By Daniel Lyons
By James Champlin Fernald
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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An officer charged with the preservation of the peace; in the middle ages, a high state functionary. In England, high constables and petty constables, constables invested with the power of arresting and imprisoning, and of breaking open houses; also with powers to execute civil as well as criminal processes, and levy executions, though criminal processes, and levy exceutions, though criminal processes are now generally executed by the police force of the county. A special constable, one appointed to act on special emergencies, as when the public peace is endangered.
By Nuttall, P.Austin.
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.
