More than 17,000 foreign troops disarmed tens of thousands of rebels and militia fighters. From LearnThat.org. [www.yourdictionary.com]
Their troops were untrained militia. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
Congress shall have power to provide for calling forth the militia--United States Constitution. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
The court also touched on the meaning of the term militia. From Wordnik.com. [Friendly Fire: Gun Nuts Go Full-Auto on One of Their Own « Lean Left] Reference
Again he says: "The term militia is a collective term meaning a body of men organized.". From Wordnik.com. [Journal of the Senate of the State of Georgia, at the Annual Session of the General Assembly, Begun and Held in Milledgeville, the Seatof [sic] Government, in 1862] Reference
But suppose I adopt the definition of the term militia insisted upon by those who differ from me. From Wordnik.com. [Correspondence Between Governor Brown and the Secretary of War, Upon the Right of The Georgia Volunteers, In Confederate Service, To Elect Their Own Officers. 16 p.] Reference
In our correspondence upon the constitutionality of the Conscript Act the President says, "the term militia is. From Wordnik.com. [Correspondence Between Governor Brown and the Secretary of War, Upon the Right of The Georgia Volunteers, In Confederate Service, To Elect Their Own Officers. 16 p.] Reference
Scots as officers in English militia, iii. 399, n. From Wordnik.com. [Life of Johnson, Volume 6 Addenda, index, dicta philosophi, etc.] Reference
A militia is a different animal than a deathsquad. From Wordnik.com. [Sound Politics: A Trifle Overstated, Professor McKay] Reference
The militia is all citizens capable of bearing arms. From Wordnik.com. [The Volokh Conspiracy » Violent Misdemeanants, the Right to Bear Arms, and the Right to Vote] Reference
And does that mean that a militia is subject to military law?. From Wordnik.com. [Think Progress » Tea Party Darling Running For NY Governor In Hot Water For Forwarding Racist, Sexually Explicit E-mails] Reference
Tea Party right wing militia is out in full force for the GOP. From Wordnik.com. [Death threats close congressman's offices] Reference
U.S. youths recruited to fight in Somali militia, authorities say. From Wordnik.com. Reference
Research who the unorganized militia is according to current federal law. From Wordnik.com. [Supreme Court Preview: McDonald v. Chicago | Heretical Ideas Magazine] Reference
Over a 200% increase in militia groups in the U.S. since Obama took office. From Wordnik.com. [Think Progress » Gun Advocates Plan DC March On 15th Anniversary Of Oklahoma City Bombing] Reference
The word militia was meant at the time to project a bond with the population. From Wordnik.com. [The Earth Times Online Newspaper] Reference
But he had to go on and say the 2nd amendment militia is to keep back the govt. From Wordnik.com. [Think Progress » Oklahoma Republicans Conspire With Tea Parties To Form Anti-Federal Government Militia] Reference
Col. Coward, your entire militia is made up of fat, phony fighters just like Rove. From Wordnik.com. [Think Progress » Rove on attempted citizen’s arrest: ‘I wish there wasn’t so much attention paid to it.’] Reference
Now, obviously, a "Swiss-style" Canadian militia is not going to back the US army up at the border. From Wordnik.com. [in no way threatening to me] Reference
The port militia is quickly assembled, and the Tech takes refuge hiding in the streets of old Boston. From Wordnik.com. [Review: Blackbeard, Legend of the Pyrate King #2 | Major Spoilers - Comic Book Reviews and News] Reference
Indeed, you might say, at the risk of hyperbole, one person's militia is another person's death squad. From Wordnik.com. [Balkinization] Reference
It is unnecessary in this inquiry to undertake a definition of what the meaning of the word militia is. From Wordnik.com. [Correspondence Between Governor Brown and the Secretary of War, Upon the Right of The Georgia Volunteers, In Confederate Service, To Elect Their Own Officers. 16 p.] Reference
The Time reporter asked one Ohio militia officer what government action the militia is defending against. From Wordnik.com. [Dennis A. Henigan: Right Wing Militias and the NRA: Second Amendment Soulmates] Reference
Brock ordered some part of the militia from the District of London, about 100 miles from Sandwich, to march there. From Wordnik.com. [The Experience of An American Soldier in the War of 1812-14] Reference
And let us not forget … that well-armed militia is supposed to answer to the President of teh Yew-nited States …. From Wordnik.com. [Think Progress » VIDEO: On Anniversary Of Oklahoma City Bombing, Armed Right-Wing Activists Accuse Obama Of Tyranny] Reference
York militia, endeavours to persuade that officer that the true place for the militia is in New York and not in Washington. From Wordnik.com. [Foreign and Colonial News] Reference
Most experts interviewed backed the president's proposal: the name militia has become discredited and has negative associations. From Wordnik.com. [RIA Novosti] Reference
Washington coöperated with Governor Mifflin; he called the militia of adjoining States to coöperate with those of Pennsylvania. From Wordnik.com. [The Rise and Fall of the Confederate Government] Reference
Hence it is plain that the word militia and the word people mean the same, apply to the same persons, and are used as synonomous terms. From Wordnik.com. [Journal of the Senate of the Extra Session of the General Assembly, of the State of Georgia, Convened by Proclamation of the Governor, at Macon, February 15th, 1865] Reference
Kabul Journal: A Warehouse Holds Families 'New Memories in Afghanistan U.S. youths recruited to fight in Somali militia, authorities say. From Wordnik.com. [Propeller Most Popular Stories] Reference
If I am right that the militia is a body of enrolled. From Wordnik.com. [The Rise and Fall of the Confederate Government] Reference
Vlado joins a ragtag militia led by a black marketer. From Wordnik.com. [Sarajevo In The Cross Hairs] Reference
The Swiss have made use of them to call the militia to arms. From Wordnik.com. [The Art of War] Reference
In order to call the militia out, he arranged a system of signals. From Wordnik.com. [George Washington] Reference
And it also sounds as if the member of the militia is the one who tried to kill her. From Wordnik.com. [Yahoo! Answers: Latest Questions] Reference
Reading Eagle, July 18), and others have always taken the word militia out of context. From Wordnik.com. [Berks county news] Reference
The major problem that we face is the local militia, which is growing in the tribal area. From Wordnik.com. [NDTV News - Top Stories] Reference
Medvedev explained that law enforcers in Russia began to be called the militia during the. From Wordnik.com. [RIA Novosti] Reference
These latter have at their disposal a militia, which is sometimes only in process of formation. From Wordnik.com. [Germany and the Next War] Reference
A mission spokesman noted that the presence of the militia was a violation of Georgian sovereignty. From Wordnik.com. [BBC News | News Front Page | World Edition] Reference
Kim, the daughter of the leader of the militia is the one who is given the thankless task of having to say to her father of Carl. From Wordnik.com. [DVD Times] Reference
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