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Police Legal Vocab
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1. A friend of the court; one who interposes or volunteers information upon some matter of law
incompetent evidence
amicus curiae
false arrest
Ethnicity
2. Any sign - signal - marking - or device that is placed lawfully and is used to regulate - warn - or guide traffic
amicus curiae
Official traffic control device
injunction
Truck tractor
3. Any substance capable of generating offensive - noxious - or suffocating fumes - gasses - or vapors.
'Et Al'
Limitation
forgery
noxious substance
4. One who knowingly - voluntarily and with common intent with a principal offender - unites in the commission of a crime
Licencse Ineligibility
accomplice
injunction
Pleadings
5. 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.
search warrant
change of venue
Alley
indictment
6. Tenn v. Garner
3rd Amendment
4th Amendment trial
Crosswalk
mistrial
7. A 'person' that direct the operation of one or more vehicles that haul people or cargo.
2nd Amendment
expunge
Alley
Motor carrier
8. To stand an occupied or unoccupied vehicle other than while loading or unloading
prosecutor
Highway or street
Habitual criminal
Park or parking
9. Portion of the highway - other than the shoulder.
Freeway
Roadway
accomplice
voir dire
10. Written questions propounded by one party and served on an adversary - who must provide answers thereto under oath.
interrogatories
Freeway main lane
3rd Amendment
Conservator Of Peace
11. In criminal practice - bringing a prisoner to the bar of the court to answer to a criminal charg
arraignment
rebuttal
parole
prosecutor
12. Evidence which is not admissible under the established rules of evidence.
incompetent evidence
Class 'A' dl
Through highway
School Crossing guard
13. The questioning of witnesses in a trial or in the taking of a deposition by the party opposed to the one who produced the witness
opinion evidence
voir dire
cross examination
Through highway
14. The testimony of a witness not taken in open court - but in pursuance of authority given by statute or rule of court to take testimony elsewhere
probable cause
Limitation
Chattel
deposition
15. A 'default' in an action of law occurs when a defendant fails to plead within the time allowed or fails to appear at the trial
Dispose or dump
writ
Writ Of Possesion (Non-Eviction)
default
16. Evidence of what the witness thinks or believes in regard to facts in dispute - as distinguished from his/her personal knowledge of the facts; not admissible except (under certain limitations) in the case of experts.
Pro Bono
self-defense
opinion evidence
Flashing yellow light
17. Roadway that is divided into at least 2 clearly marked lanes.
mandamus
2nd Amendment
30ft
Laned roadway
18. Right to an attorney during criminal proceedingis What amendment
Freeway main lane
necessarily included offenses
power of attorney
6th amendment
19. A proceeding whereby property - money - or credits of a debtor - in possession of another (garnishee) - are applied to the debts of the debtor.
principles
preponderance of evidence
Garishment
false arrest
20. A person who brings an action; the party who complains or sues in a personal action and is so named on the record.
'Et Ux'
prosecutor
plaintiff
Exclusionary Rule
21. A public disorder or uprising. To constitute a riot - the object need not be unlawful - provided the acts are done in a manner calculated to inspire terror. The chief element in a riot is the use of force or violence to disturb public peace if accomp
riot
bind over
necessarily included offenses
Motor Vehicle Searches
22. The change of a punishment from a greater degree to a lesser degree - as from death to life imprisonment
Class 'B' dl
Nighttime
Sequestration
commutation
23. Reduced speed zone to facilitate children going to and from school.
Park or parking
Return
School crossing zone
4th Amendment trial
24. Shared culture and background - Shared language - religion and other culture patterns
Levy
Gross combination weight rating
Ethnicity
synergism
25. Oral or written statements made to the court presenting the claims and defenses of the parites
transcript
Pleadings
Parties
extortion - theft by
26. Operate a vehicle with G.V.W.are of 26000 or more - Can't tow more than 10000 - unless its a farm trailer. then they can tow up to 20000
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27. Sufficent to establish a fact or raise a presumption unless disproved or rebuted.
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28. By or on the relation of.
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29. A certain time allowed by statute in which litigation must be brought.
necessarily included offenses
Limitation
Motion
power of attorney
30. Primary evidence - as distinguished from secondary evidence; the best and highest evidence of which the nature of the case is susceptible
'Et Seq'
best evidence
Official Misconduct
6th Amendment
31. Intent to commit an unlawful act or cause harm without legal justification or excuse.
malice
recognizance
due process
necessarily included offenses
32. A crime of a graver nature than a misdemeanor. generally - an offense punishable by death or imprisonment in a penitentiary
felony
Affiant
Court of Criminal Appeals
Indigent/Pauper
33. And the following one or ones.
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34. Common-law and constitutional prohibition against more than one prosecution of the same crime - transaction - or omission
false arrest
Litter
double jeopardy
Writ Of Possesion (Non-Eviction)
35. 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.
negligence
riot
Shoulder
advancing prostitution
36. Every person who - after a felony has been committed - harbors - conceals - or aids a principal in such felony - with the intent that said principal may avoid or escape from arrest - trial - conviction - or punishment - having knowledge that said pri
rout
accessory
Official traffic control device
9th Amendment
37. Against A Thing.
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38. An unlawful attempt - coupled with a present ability - to commit a violent injury on the person of another
assault
Malfeasance
Frisk
Garishment
39. The removal of a suit begun in one county or district to another for trial or from one court to another in the same county or district
Safety Zone
Obscene
Park or parking
change of venue
40. A court attendant whose duties are to keep order in the courtroom and to have custody of the jury
bind over
deposition
bailiff
noxious substance
41. No force quarterly of soldiers - permitted only in war time and in accordance with the law.
Class 'A' dl
state's evidence
Special mobile equipment
3rd Amendment
42. In Re Gault
robbery
brief
6th Amendment trial
Class 'A' dl
43. Any unlawful physical restraint of another's liberty - whether in prison or in custody
recognizance
8th Amendment
Class 'B' dl
false arrest
44. Document filed by the plantiff with the clerk of the court that outlines the basis of the complaint - against the defendant.
Petition
condemnation
Truck tractor
Gross combination weight rating
45. And other persons. -Commonly used to include anyone associated the named defendant in reference to the matter before he court.
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46. A preportory stage to a riot. A rout is necessary for a riot to occur. When a lawful assembly begins to move towards the execution of an unlawful propose - but before any acts of violence or disorder occur - a rout has been committed.
rout
Business district
5th Amendment
voir dire
47. That which - under the established rules of evidence - cannot be admitted or received into a court of law.
instruction
6th Amendment
adjudication
Inadmissible
48. An instrument authorizing another to act as one's agent or attorney.
amicus curiae
assault
Injuction
power of attorney
49. To run the hands quickly over another's person in search of weapons or contra ban; a 'pat down' search.
extradition
Frisk
mistrial
Official traffic control device
50. A term commonly used to denote the disagreement of one or more judges of a court with the decision of the majority
Alias Citation
dissent
motor vehicle non-traffic accident
parole
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