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Militia

Black's Law Dictionary · Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910

Black's Law Dictionary

The body of soldiers in a state enrolled for discipline, but not engaged in actual service except in emergencies, as distinguished from regular troops or a standing army.

See Ex parte McCants, 39 Ala. llz; Worth v. Craven County, 118 N. G. 112, 24 S. E. 778; Brown v. Newark, 29 N. J. Law, 238