Police

Definition - Transitive Verb
: to control, regulate, or keep in order esp. as an official duty <~ the area>

Definition - Noun
1  : the control and regulation of affairs affecting the order and welfare of a political unit and its citizens
2 a  : the department of a government or other institution that maintains order and safety and enforces laws
b  : See also police force
c  pl : the members of a police force



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writ of error coram nobis

a writ calling the attention of the trial court to facts which do not appear on the record despite the exercise of reasonable diligence by the defendant and which if known and established at the time a judgment was rendered would have resulted in a different judgment


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