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Police Legal Vocab
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Person who swears to an affidavit or statement
Farm Tractor
Affiant
mistrial
demur
2. Roadway that is divided into at least 2 clearly marked lanes.
Laned roadway
1st Amendment trial
dissent
'Et Seq'
3. The entering of a private or restricted premise with the intent to commit grand theft - petty theft - or a felony
battery
Libel
'Et Seq'
burglary
4. Vehicle not designed to haul persons or property. O LESS THAN 40FT IN LENGTH.
Special mobile equipment
Litter
false arrest
6th Amendment trial
5. An obligation signed by the accused - with his/her sureties - to secure his/her presence in court
Bailee
opinion evidence
bail bond
domicile
6. Evidence sufficient to convince the triers of fact that the party who has the burden of doing so has established its cause
30ft
testimony
Licencse Ineligibility
fair preponderance
7. Strip of land next to the highway - at least 300 ft long - that is improved and used primarily for residences.
3rd Amendment
false arrest
recognizance
Residence district
8. Document filed by the plantiff with the clerk of the court that outlines the basis of the complaint - against the defendant.
crime
Sequestration
Petition
9th Amendment
9. A direction given by the judge to the jury concerning the law of the case.
instruction
mandamus
discovery
Chattel
10. A. Served by an sheriff or constable B. Directs defendant to deliver possession of certain property to the officer - who the delivers the property to the person the court has directed.
Injuction
Writ Of Possesion (Non-Eviction)
Motor carrier
parole
11. Evidence illegally obtained by police officers can-not be used against the accused in a criminal case. (Mapp v. Ohio)
9th Amendment
Exclusionary Rule
deposition
Writ of possesion
12. This phrase - endorsed by a grand jury on an indictment - is equivalent to 'not found' or 'not a true bill'. It means that - in the opinion of the jury - evidence was insufficient to warrant the return of a formal charge.
5th Amendment
no bill
Contempt
discovery
13. An instrument used to record variations of several different body pulsations. The courts have not as yet agreed that the scientific principles of the polygraph - commonly called the lie detector - has crossed the line between the experimental and the
'In Rem'
Bailee
polygraph
Traffic control signal
14. Motor vehicle - primarily designed to transport property.
Writ Of Possesion (Non-Eviction)
'In Rem'
Truck
directed verdict
15. From 1/2 hour after sunset to 1/2 hour before sunrise.
Open fields
malice
Flashing yellow light
Nighttime
16. To run the hands quickly over another's person in search of weapons or contra ban; a 'pat down' search.
Frisk
probable cause
Highway or street
discovery
17. Any unlawful physical restraint of another's liberty - whether in prison or in custody
false arrest
search warrant
4th Amendment
expert evidence
18. The general class or type of property taken or the reason why the offense was committed. In crimes where property is taken - the motive will be the type of property taken. The specific type of property which the thief desired to acquire might include
Improved shoulder
best evidence
motive
Open fields
19. Place any type of litter on or in land/water
forgery
accomplice
Dispose or dump
Traffic
20. When an attorney works for client for no fee.
dactyloscopy
School Crossing guard
Pro Bono
instruction
21. Liquid that has a flash point of not more than 70 degrees
9th Amendment
Truck tractor
bail bond
Flammable liquid
22. Original jurisdiction of all misdemeanors of which exclusive original jurisdiction is not given to teh justice court - and shall not exceed $500.
Jurisdiction Of County Courts
transcript
Through highway
indictment
23. Giving or pronouncing a judgment or decree; also the judgment given.
Commitment
bail bond
transcript
adjudication
24. Right to an attorney during criminal proceedingis What amendment
6th amendment
forgery
Litter
Parties
25. The omission to do something which a reasonable person - guided by ordinary considerations - would do; or the doing of something with a reasonable and prudent person would not do.
Limitation
Habitual criminal
Dispose or dump
negligence
26. Portion of a highway next to the roadway - which is distinguished by design - consruction - or marking - Area not Intended for vehicle travel.
Commercial Motor vehicle
prosecutor
cause
Shoulder
27. Commands the person to whom it is directed to desist or refrain from the commision or continuance of the act enjoined or to obey and execute such order as the court has seen proper to issue.
probable cause
5th Amendment
Injuction
subpoena
28. Tenn v. Garner
4th Amendment trial
voir dire
dissent
amicus curiae
29. Any sign - signal - marking - or device that is placed lawfully and is used to regulate - warn - or guide traffic
decree
Affiant
verdict
Official traffic control device
30. Sufficent to establish a fact or raise a presumption unless disproved or rebuted.
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31. Persons -Houses - papers - and effects from unreasonable searches and seizure - NO WARRANTS EXCEPT UPON PROBABLE CAUSE
'Et Ux'
4th Amendment
Open fields
4th Amendment trial
32. Rubbish - refuse - waste material - offal - paper - glass - cans - bottles - trash - debris - or any foreign substance of whatever kind or description and whether or not it is of value.
20ft
Race
Truck
Litter
33. In Re Gault
default
Inadmissible
assault
6th Amendment trial
34. The fraudulent appropriation by a person for his/her own use or benefit of property or money entrusted to him/her by another
Through highway
Capias
embezzlement
Gross combination weight rating
35. A mandatory or prohibitive writ issued by a court.
'Et Seq'
injunction
burglary
cross examination
36. A friend of the court; one who interposes or volunteers information upon some matter of law
expert evidence
amicus curiae
verdict
'Et Ux'
37. That which - under the established rules of evidence - cannot be admitted or received into a court of law.
Inadmissible
equitable action
venue
Class 'A' dl
38. Decayable waste (animal/vegetable) - Non-decayable/solid waste that consist of boxes -rubber - plastic - metal - etc.
Litter
ordinance
motive
writ
39. An officer having power to issue a warrant for the arrest of a person charged with a public offense.
adjudication
Bailee
double jeopardy
magistrate
40. An order in writing - issued by a justice or magistrate - in the name of the state - directing an officer to search a specified house or other premise. Usually required as a condition before a legal search and seizure.
extortion - theft by
'Ex Rel'
testimony
search warrant
41. A crime of a graver nature than a misdemeanor. generally - an offense punishable by death or imprisonment in a penitentiary
felony
5th Amendment Trial
Class 'A' dl
directed verdict
42. Miranda v. Arizona
mandamus
Parties
Licencse Ineligibility
5th Amendment Trial
43. The official record of proceedings in a trial or hearing
Bicycle
noxious substance
Habitual criminal
transcript
44. Go thru only with caution
polygraph
Flashing yellow light
robbery
Chattel
45. A receiver of stolen goods. typically This is someone who receives the stolen property for sale or distribution
Sidewalk
Chattel
fence
Bailee
46. Land next to and including the highway if - It's NOT IN A MUNICIPALITY AND It has HOMES OR BUSINESSES on it at intervals of less than 100ft - for at least a quarter mile
Urban district
6th Amendment trial
Obscene
Gross combination weight rating
47. Where an offense cannot be accomplished without necessarily committing another offense - the latter is a necessarily included offense. For example - every battery includes an assault. Murder includes manslaughter.
necessarily included offenses
corroboration evidence
Obscene
Motion
48. Oral or written statements made to the court presenting the claims and defenses of the parites
venue
Court of Criminal Appeals
Alley
Pleadings
49. A public offense or wrong that is forbidden by law
burglary
transcript
Habitual criminal
crime
50. Motor vehicle or a combination of - hat is used to haul people or property - that -Has gross combination weight rating of 26 -001 or more - including towed unit with G.V.W.are of more than 10000 pounds - Can haul 16 or more passengerss - (including d
Commercial Motor vehicle
Official Misconduct
double jeopardy
instruction