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Forming a Posse

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FUGITIVE
A wanted man on the run was legally a fugitive, the term comes from the Latin 'fugere,' meaning to flee, and appears in U.S. law as far back as the Fugitive Slave Act of 1793.Find this word in the grid to read its note.
MARSHAL
The U.S. Marshals Service, established in 1789, is the nation's oldest federal law enforcement agency, making the marshal's star a genuine symbol of frontier authority long before Hollywood touched it.Find this word in the grid to read its note.
LASSO
The word 'lasso' entered American English from the Spanish 'lazo,' carried north by vaqueros whose roping traditions shaped the cowboy skills celebrated in every Western chase scene.Find this word in the grid to read its note.
BOUNTY
Bounty hunting as a legal practice in the United States traces to an 1872 Supreme Court ruling in Taylor v. Taintor, which gave bail bondsmen, and their hired trackers, broad authority to pursue a fugitive across state lines.Find this word in the grid to read its note.

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About Forming a Posse

When the sheriff pinned on his badge and called for a posse, ordinary townsfolk became riders with a purpose, saddling up at dawn, reading a wanted poster by lantern light, and tracking hoofprints across sun-baked canyon floors. TV Westerns brought that chase to life week after week: the thunder of a gallop, the glint of a deputy's rifle, the moment the marshal finally closed in. It was frontier justice at its most dramatic, equal parts grit, duty, and the wide-open American sky.

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