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Police Legal Vocab
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1. Person - at least 18 yrs. old - that has the job of directing traffic in school zone.
Class 'B' dl
decree
School Crossing guard
Race
2. A misdeed or trespass. The improper performance of some act which a person may lawfully do.
bind over
misfeasance
verdict
4th Amendment
3. Giving or pronouncing a judgment or decree; also the judgment given.
adjudication
'Et Al'
20ft
Daytime
4. Common-law and constitutional prohibition against more than one prosecution of the same crime - transaction - or omission
double jeopardy
1st amendment
polygraph
amicus curiae
5. The release of a person from a penal institution prior to expiration of the maximum period of imprisonment; a conditional release from prison subject to return upon violation.
parole
malice
instruction
Jurisdiction Of County Courts
6. To stand an occupied or unoccupied vehicle other than while loading or unloading
'Et Al'
Park or parking
brief
double jeopardy
7. An article of personal property as distinguished from from real property.
Safety Zone
5th Amendment Trial
Chattel
magistrate
8. That which - under the established rules of evidence - cannot be admitted or received into a court of law.
Gross combination weight rating
rebuttal
Inadmissible
Motion
9. Written questions propounded by one party and served on an adversary - who must provide answers thereto under oath.
School Crossing guard
interrogatories
Gross combination weight rating
prosecutor
10. An officer having power to issue a warrant for the arrest of a person charged with a public offense.
magistrate
corroboration evidence
verdict
condemnation
11. Area in roadway designaaed for exclusive pedestrian use. Mus have signage or markings
'Et Seq'
Through highway
extenuation circumstances
Safety Zone
12. The entering of a private or restricted premise with the intent to commit grand theft - petty theft - or a felony
burglary
Special mobile equipment
Crosswalk
Flashing yellow light
13. The act of physically destroying files - records - or information; for example - upon judicial order
interrogatories
20ft
Inadmissible
expunge
14. A deadly weapon; a long - heavy club usually carried by a law enforcement officer.
embezzlement
Pro Bono
nightstick
arraignment
15. 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
extradition
cross examination
Libel
Freeway main lane
16. The commission of some act which is prohibited by law.
embezzlement
chambers
Malfeasance
Roadway
17. Duran v. City of Douglas - Az
Farm Tractor
1st Amendment trial
writ of possesion (Eviction)
Sequestration
18. Oral or written statements made to the court presenting the claims and defenses of the parites
instruction
mistrial
Pleadings
injunction
19. The practical application of the scientific study of fingerprint comparisons and the classification of prints
feigned accomplice
Litter
10th Amendment
dactyloscopy
20. The official record of proceedings in a trial or hearing
transcript
Default Judgement
no bill
Chattel
21. A direction given by the judge to the jury concerning the law of the case.
Farm Tractor
Truck tractor
instruction
certiorari
22. 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
change of venue
Litter
Pleadings
Alley
23. A public offense or wrong that is forbidden by law
Writ of possesion
crime
tort
due process
24. The legal process by which real estate of a private owner is taken for public use without his/her consent - but upon the award and payment of just compensation
condemnation
verdict
Class 'B' dl
negligence
25. No force quarterly of soldiers - permitted only in war time and in accordance with the law.
3rd Amendment
peremptory challenge
magistrate
transcript
26. One who - under the direction of a law enforcement officer or upon his/her own initiative - pretends complicity in a crime in order to detect the perpetrator in an effort to prosecute such perpetrator. as such - there is no criminal intent on the par
feigned accomplice
instruction
riot
14th Amendment
27. Portion of a highway next to the roadway - which is distinguished by design - consruction - or marking - Area not Intended for vehicle travel.
Exclusionary Rule
Shoulder
motive
Pro Bono
28. Shared culture and background - Shared language - religion and other culture patterns
Inadmissible
Dispose or dump
6th amendment
Ethnicity
29. Persons -Houses - papers - and effects from unreasonable searches and seizure - NO WARRANTS EXCEPT UPON PROBABLE CAUSE
chambers
extortion - theft by
4th Amendment
Shoulder
30. Manaul - electric - or mechanical device that directs traffic to stop and to proceed.
Traffic control signal
Jurisdiction Of County Courts
Motor carrier
necessarily included offenses
31. In Re Gault
6th Amendment trial
expert evidence
domicile
Inadmissible
32. Place any type of litter on or in land/water
Dispose or dump
Flammable liquid
robbery
bind over
33. Evidence given by a competent witness - under oath; as distinguished from evidence derived from writings and other sources
testimony
false arrest
directed verdict
no bill
34. Any willful and unlawful use of force or violence upon the person of another
battery
directed verdict
Litter
negligence
35. To speak the truth. The phrase denoted the preliminary examination which the court may make of one presented as a witness or juror - as to his/her qualifications.
voir dire
false arrest
principles
Laned roadway
36. Speedy trial - Public trial - Unbiased jury - Knowledge of accusation/charge - Cross examine witnesses - obtain witnesses - Representation by an attorney
preponderance of evidence
Truck tractor
dissent
6th Amendment
37. A motor vehicle used primarily as a farm implement.
Libel
Farm Tractor
search warrant
School Crossing guard
38. An erroneous or invalid trial; a trial which can not stand in law because of lack of jurisdiction - wrong drawing of jurors - or disregard of some other fundamental requisite.
mandamus
Pleadings
mistrial
felony
39. Endorsement by an officer upon a process stating what - where - when - why - how - and whom service and compliance of the commands within the process were made.
Return
misfeasance
double jeopardy
default
40. Evidence illegally obtained by police officers can-not be used against the accused in a criminal case. (Mapp v. Ohio)
amicus curiae
School Crossing guard
Exclusionary Rule
20ft
41. The surrender by one state to another of an individual accused or convicted of an offense outside its own territory and within the territorial jurisdiction of the other
verdict
nolo contendere
Writ of possesion
extradition
42. Can be issued by a clerk of the court
Class 'A' dl
rebuttal
Dispose or dump
Capias
43. Paved Shoulder
Improved shoulder
Freeway
Parties
Dispose or dump
44. Operate a vehicle with G.V.W.are of 26 -001 or more - Combo of vehicles 26 -001 or more towing more than 10000
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45. One of the lanes on the freeway
Freeway main lane
accomplice
mistrial
equitable action
46. An intentional perversion of truth; deceitful practice or device resorted to with intent to deprive another of property or other right - or in some manner to do him/her injury.
Fraud
Special mobile equipment
Limitation
self-defense
47. 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.
no bill
Pleadings
Alley
Traffic control signal
48. A written or printed document prepared by counsel to file in court - usually setting forth both facts and law in support of the case
Capias
brief
Statute
malice
49. Divided - controlled access highway
Motor Vehicle Searches
expunge
Frisk
Freeway
50. Sheriff
Urban district
4th Amendment trial
Conservator Of Peace
bind over
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