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Police Legal Vocab
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. 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
Bicycle
change of venue
Jurisdiction Of County Courts
Commitment
2. One who knowingly - voluntarily and with common intent with a principal offender - unites in the commission of a crime
Jurisdiction Of County Courts
mistrial
20ft
accomplice
3. 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.
20ft
mistrial
Pro Bono
5th Amendment Trial
4. 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.
principles
'In Rem'
Limitation
necessarily included offenses
5. Evidence supplementary to that already given and tending to strengthen or confirm it
state's evidence
corroboration evidence
due process
Residence district
6. The act of physically destroying files - records - or information; for example - upon judicial order
6th Amendment trial
Frisk
dissent
expunge
7. 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.
Inventory
rebuttal
advancing prostitution
extradition
8. Intent to commit an unlawful act or cause harm without legal justification or excuse.
1st Amendment trial
malice
parole
search warrant
9. The entering of a private or restricted premise with the intent to commit grand theft - petty theft - or a felony
'Prima Face'
burglary
9th Amendment
best evidence
10. Place any type of litter on or in land/water
Through highway
Dispose or dump
'In Rem'
Flashing yellow light
11. Giving or pronouncing a judgment or decree; also the judgment given.
bail
adjudication
Parties
Frisk
12. 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
testimony
self-defense
Return
crime
13. Temporary seizure or setting aside of specific to wich a party to a suit has claim of ownership.
Improved shoulder
Sequestration
Petition
self-defense
14. 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.
14th Amendment
negligence
Roadway
ordinance
15. 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
demur
Obscene
Mistake of law
16. Human power that has 2 wheel. It has to have at lease one wheel tat is a min. of 14' in.
Bus
Bicycle
extortion - theft by
nolo contendere
17. A court attendant whose duties are to keep order in the courtroom and to have custody of the jury
discovery
commutation
bailiff
Libel
18. Shared culture and background - Shared language - religion and other culture patterns
Mistake of law
Ethnicity
Inadmissible
felony
19. 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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20. Oral or written statements made to the court presenting the claims and defenses of the parites
Pleadings
motor vehicle non-traffic accident
Race
10th Amendment
21. Land next to and even including a highway - if it is used for business purposes. Area described as being 600ft segment - has at least 300 ft of it along the highway set up for businesses
Business district
Motor Vehicle Searches
6th amendment
embezzlement
22. Area between the boundary lines/ right of way lines of a publicly maintained way - which is open to vehicular travel.
Trailer
Highway or street
extortion - theft by
malice
23. A person who has received two previous convictions on seperate felony charges. Such a person will be adjudged a habitual criminal and may be punishable by imprisionment in the state prison for life.
arraignment
misfeasance
malice
Habitual criminal
24. Tenn v. Garner
4th Amendment trial
3rd Amendment
injunction
'Et Al'
25. 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.
2nd Amendment
rout
School crossing zone
parole
26. 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
noxious substance
Class 'B' dl
27. Any unlawful physical restraint of another's liberty - whether in prison or in custody
fair preponderance
false arrest
Motion
Motor carrier
28. An action Which may be brought for the purpose of restraining the threatened infliction of wrongs or personal injuries and the prevention of threatened illegal action
equitable action
expunge
magistrate
robbery
29. One who initiates the prosecution upon which an accused is arrested or who offers or presents an accusation against the party whom he/she suspects to be guilty; also - one who takes charge of a case and performs the functions of a trial lawyer for th
Official traffic control device
prosecutor
School Crossing guard
8th Amendment
30. Testimony - given by an accomplice or participant in a crime - tending to convict others.
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31. Private office or room of a judge
chambers
'Prima Face'
Sequestration
feigned accomplice
32. A friend of the court; one who interposes or volunteers information upon some matter of law
extradition
Petition
verdict
amicus curiae
33. Against A Thing.
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34. To collect - gather - take up - seize - or execute on monies - real - or personal property under a lwfully issued writ.
Levy
Pro Bono
voir dire
advancing prostitution
35. The official record of proceedings in a trial or hearing
self-defense
transcript
bail
Roadway
36. 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
principles
Litter
motive
testimony
37. Right to bail - Protection from excessive fines - No cruel of unusual punishment
instruction
change of venue
8th Amendment
arraignment
38. Person - at least 18 yrs. old - that has the job of directing traffic in school zone.
felony
Court of Criminal Appeals
Garishment
School Crossing guard
39. Evidence given by a competent witness - under oath; as distinguished from evidence derived from writings and other sources
forgery
Flashing yellow light
accomplice
testimony
40. A mandatory or prohibitive writ issued by a court.
Commercial Motor vehicle
'In Rem'
injunction
Special mobile equipment
41. A proceeding whereby one party to an action may be informed as to facts known by other parties or witnesses
discovery
cause
extenuation circumstances
Fraud
42. Common Ancesry and physical characteristics
10th Amendment
riot
Race
magistrate
43. In practice - the formal and unanimous decision or finding made by a jury - reported to the court - and accepted by it.
cause
demur
Levy
verdict
44. Written or Oral application for a ruling or order from the court.
extortion - theft by
6th Amendment
Motion
Improved shoulder
45. Motor vehicle used to draw another vehicle. NOT MEANT TO CARRY A LOAD - OTHER HAN PART OF THE WEIGHT OF THE OTHER VEHICLERO
Indigent/Pauper
Truck tractor
condemnation
Jurisdiction Of County Courts
46. The commission of some act which is prohibited by law.
rebuttal
Habitual criminal
Malfeasance
Levy
47. Any substance capable of generating offensive - noxious - or suffocating fumes - gasses - or vapors.
Writ of possesion
15ft
bail bond
noxious substance
48. Can be issued by a clerk of the court
Bus
10th Amendment
Truck tractor
Capias
49. To release a person arrested or imprisoned - on security being taken - for his/her appearance in court on a specified day and place.
recognizance
bail
Motor carrier
deposition
50. 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.
dactyloscopy
opinion evidence
commutation
Levy