Legal Definition and Related Resources of Militia
Meaning of Militia
As distinct from the regular Arme. Forces, the term denotes a body of citizen in a state or town enrolled for discipline as. military force for emergencies. When any body of the militia has been called fort: and has entered the services of the Unite; States, the authority of the general goverment over such detachment is exclusivr See Houston v Moore, 5 Wheat. 1, 5 L.E; 19.
Militia Alternative Definition
A body of persons enlisted and trained to military duty, but not kept in service, being subject only to service on call, as in case of invasion, insurrection, or riot. 94 111. 120.
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Grammar
This term is a noun.
Etimology of Militia
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1580s, “system of military discipline,” from Latin militia “military service, warfare,” from miles “soldier” (see military). Sense of “citizen army” (as distinct from professional soldiers) is first recorded 1690s, perhaps from a sense in French cognate (having the same ancestor) milice. In U.S. history, “the whole body of men declared by law amenable to military service, without enlistment, whether armed and drilled or not” (1777).
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