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The "Bald Knobbers", an 1880s vigilante group from Missouri – as portrayed in the 1919 film The Shepherd of the HillsVigilantism (/ v ɪ dʒ ɪ ˈ l æ n t ɪ z əm /) is the act of preventing, investigating, and punishing perceived offenses and crimes without legal authority.
Vigilantism in the United States of America is defined as acts which violate societal limits which are intended to defend and protect the prevailing distribution of values and resources from some form of attack or some form of harm.
always vigilant: Motto of several institutions including the Civil Air Patrol of the United States Air Force, the city of San Diego, California semper vigilo: always vigilant: Motto of the Scottish Police Forces, Scotland Senatus Populusque Romanus (SPQR) The Senate and the People of Rome: The official name of the Roman Republic.
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In modern terms, a vigilante is anyone who takes the law into their own hands. Vigilantes often operate in secret. The term vigilante stems from the name "Vigiles Urbani" given to the nightwatchmen of Ancient Rome, who were tasked with fighting fires and keeping a lookout for runaway slaves and burglars.
HMRC Vigilant, two ships and a number of cutters of the British HM Customs and Excise; HMS Vigilant, a number of ships of the British Royal Navy; HSV Vigilant (JHSV-2), a ship of the United States Navy-led joint high-speed vessel program, later renamed USNS Choctaw County (T-EPF-2) USCGC Vigilant, more than one ship of the United States Coast Guard
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Vigilance decrement is defined as "deterioration in the ability to remain vigilant for critical signals with time, as indicated by a decline in the rate of the correct detection of signals". [4] Vigilance decrement is most commonly associated with monitoring to detect a weak target signal.