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Police Legal Vocab
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Can't stop - stand - or park within how many ft. of a traffic control device thats on the side of the road?
Laned roadway
Ethnicity
Alley
30ft
2. Vehicle not designed to haul persons or property. O LESS THAN 40FT IN LENGTH.
Traffic control signal
Obscene
Freeway main lane
Special mobile equipment
3. Decayable waste (animal/vegetable) - Non-decayable/solid waste that consist of boxes -rubber - plastic - metal - etc.
Race
interrogatories
Litter
dactyloscopy
4. The challenge which the prosecution or defense may use to reject a certain number of prospective jurors without assigning cause.
peremptory challenge
'Et Seq'
Malfeasance
false arrest
5. To file a pleading (called a demurrer) admitting the truth of the facts in the complaint or answer - but contending
Injuction
Improved shoulder
demur
Urban district
6. In practice - the formal and unanimous decision or finding made by a jury - reported to the court - and accepted by it.
Litter
certiorari
verdict
Nighttime
7. Written questions propounded by one party and served on an adversary - who must provide answers thereto under oath.
interrogatories
opinion evidence
mandamus
arraignment
8. Motor vehicle - primarily designed to transport property.
verdict
magistrate
embezzlement
Truck
9. 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
instruction
incompetent evidence
default
10. The protection of one's person or property against some injury attempted by another. The law of 'self-defense' justifies an act done in the reasonable belief of immediate danger. When acting in justifiable self-defense - a person may not be punished
equitable action
bailiff
self-defense
30ft
11. 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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12. Sufficent to establish a fact or raise a presumption unless disproved or rebuted.
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13. An unlawful attempt - coupled with a present ability - to commit a violent injury on the person of another
testimony
assault
probable cause
verdict
14. Is an affimative defense
8th Amendment
Mistake of law
interrogatories
expert evidence
15. 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.
assault
amicus curiae
mistrial
directed verdict
16. Right to an attorney during criminal proceedingis What amendment
Default Judgement
6th amendment
Litter
Contempt
17. Against A Thing.
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18. The assertion - declaration - or statement of a party to an action - made in a pleading - setting out what he/she expects to prove
allegation
4th Amendment
Parties
chambers
19. An obligation signed by the accused - with his/her sureties - to secure his/her presence in court
Petition
bail bond
Laned roadway
Indigent/Pauper
20. Rights not mention retained by people
probable cause
allegation
Freeway main lane
9th Amendment
21. 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
Commitment
certiorari
polygraph
bail bond
22. Duran v. City of Douglas - Az
'Ex Rel'
adjudication
Open fields
1st Amendment trial
23. Strip of land next to the highway - at least 300 ft long - that is improved and used primarily for residences.
Licencse Ineligibility
Residence district
expert evidence
Chattel
24. Portion of a street that is in between the edge of the road and adjacent property line.
8th Amendment
peremptory challenge
Sidewalk
prosecutor
25. RIGHT TO BE INDICTED BY A GRAND JURY - Notice of charges - Double jeopardy - Self Incrimination - Due Process - Reasonable reimbursement for property
Statute
Truck tractor
5th Amendment
Alley
26. A court attendant whose duties are to keep order in the courtroom and to have custody of the jury
indictment
Residence district
Flashing yellow light
bailiff
27. All persons concerned in the commission of a crime - whether they directly commit the act constituting the offense or aid in its commission or have advised and encouraged its commission - all persons counseling - advising - or encouraging children un
'In Rem'
Bus
robbery
principles
28. It is recognized as an extension of the sidewalk and doesnt have to be marked on the roadway to be considered lawful.
state's evidence
Crosswalk
Capias
'Prima Face'
29. 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
default
Business district
Return
Malfeasance
30. 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
commutation
motive
6th amendment
31. 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
Habitual criminal
directed verdict
2nd Amendment
32. Is used to recover possession of rental property.
peremptory challenge
School crossing zone
Writ of possesion
demur
33. Can't stop - stand - or park within how many ft. of a fire hydrate?
Litter
Bicycle
Injuction
15ft
34. 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
decree
condemnation
6th Amendment
4th Amendment trial
35. A motor vehicle designed to carry more than 10 or motor vehicle other than a cab
Conservator Of Peace
School crossing zone
malice
Bus
36. Intent to commit an unlawful act or cause harm without legal justification or excuse.
Mistake of law
malice
discovery
Obscene
37. Temporary seizure or setting aside of specific to wich a party to a suit has claim of ownership.
Sequestration
Levy
Bailee
double jeopardy
38. Powers not identified belong to the states.
Truck tractor
10th Amendment
5th Amendment Trial
Park or parking
39. When an attorney works for client for no fee.
Class 'A' dl
robbery
Writ of possesion
Pro Bono
40. Portion of the highway - other than the shoulder.
Roadway
Return
extenuation circumstances
15ft
41. An obligation - before a court - to do a specific thing or incur a penalty of some kind; in lieu of bond - one is entrusted to appear before the court at a later date.
state's evidence
recognizance
subpoena
Nighttime
42. Paved Shoulder
tort
Improved shoulder
Highway or street
6th amendment
43. The introduction of rebutting evidence; the showing that the statements of witnesses as to what occurred are not true; the stage of trial at which such evidence may be introduced.
Petition
Truck
rebuttal
default
44. And wife. The phrase was formely common in case names and legal documents invovling a husband and wife jointly.
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45. The practical application of the scientific study of fingerprint comparisons and the classification of prints
Pro Bono
dactyloscopy
noxious substance
Capias
46. To stand an occupied or unoccupied vehicle other than while loading or unloading
testimony
dissent
Park or parking
assault
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.
Bailee
default
no bill
Bicycle
48. Evidence given by a competent witness - under oath; as distinguished from evidence derived from writings and other sources
dissent
Ethnicity
robbery
testimony
49. Common-law and constitutional prohibition against more than one prosecution of the same crime - transaction - or omission
bailiff
double jeopardy
indictment
Daytime
50. A misdeed or trespass. The improper performance of some act which a person may lawfully do.
commutation
malice
demur
misfeasance