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Police Legal Vocab
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1. To collect - gather - take up - seize - or execute on monies - real - or personal property under a lwfully issued writ.
fair preponderance
bailiff
4th Amendment
Levy
2. Vehicle with or withour power - designes to be drwan and to transport persons or property: Constructed so that NO PART OF ITS WEIGHT AND LOAD RESTS ON THE MOTOR VEHICLE.
Exclusionary Rule
Chattel
Trailer
plaintiff
3. An instrument authorizing another to act as one's agent or attorney.
power of attorney
embezzlement
Urban district
4th Amendment trial
4. Area between the boundary lines/ right of way lines of a publicly maintained way - which is open to vehicular travel.
'Et Seq'
Highway or street
Litter
'Prima Face'
5. Any substance capable of generating offensive - noxious - or suffocating fumes - gasses - or vapors.
Commercial Motor vehicle
noxious substance
Capias
embezzlement
6. 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
Residence district
Open fields
riot
domicile
7. Can't stop - stand - or park within how many ft. of crosswalk at an intersection?
decree
writ
20ft
testimony
8. A written or printed document prepared by counsel to file in court - usually setting forth both facts and law in support of the case
brief
Limitation
Urban district
Commitment
9. Powers not identified belong to the states.
misfeasance
Frisk
10th Amendment
Shoulder
10. Any willful and unlawful use of force or violence upon the person of another
commutation
verdict
battery
directed verdict
11. Any sign - signal - marking - or device that is placed lawfully and is used to regulate - warn - or guide traffic
Official traffic control device
assault
incompetent evidence
self-defense
12. Person - at least 18 yrs. old - that has the job of directing traffic in school zone.
Commitment
necessarily included offenses
6th amendment
School Crossing guard
13. Temporary seizure or setting aside of specific to wich a party to a suit has claim of ownership.
double jeopardy
voir dire
Sequestration
2nd Amendment
14. 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
writ
indictment
Park or parking
Urban district
15. 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.
Alias Citation
Class 'B' dl
voir dire
demur
16. Divided - controlled access highway
Freeway
chambers
Garishment
dactyloscopy
17. Sufficent to establish a fact or raise a presumption unless disproved or rebuted.
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18. RIGHT TO BE INDICTED BY A GRAND JURY - Notice of charges - Double jeopardy - Self Incrimination - Due Process - Reasonable reimbursement for property
robbery
Commitment
5th Amendment
Official Misconduct
19. 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.
Traffic control signal
search warrant
Motion
Roadway
20. From 1/2 hour before sunrise - to 1/2 hour after sunset
'Et Al'
fair preponderance
Open fields
Daytime
21. Testimony given in relation to some scientific - technical - or professional matter by experts; i.e. - persons qualified to speak authoritatively by reason of their special training - skill - or familiarity with the subject
cause
expert evidence
power of attorney
Nighttime
22. An original writ commanding judges or officers of inferior courts to certify or to return records of proceedings in a cause for judicial review
certiorari
fence
Nighttime
Class 'B' dl
23. 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
plaintiff
domicile
motive
Crosswalk
24. Tenn v. Garner
self-defense
rout
best evidence
4th Amendment trial
25. A legislative enactment by a federal or state body of legislators - more frequently referred to as 'a law'
Obscene
Flashing yellow light
Statute
6th amendment
26. 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.
Race
'Prima Face'
Capias
Fraud
27. A suitor who - on account of poverty - is allowed to sue or defend without being chargable with cost
voir dire
Motion
Indigent/Pauper
verdict
28. Citizens of each state are also - citizens of the U.S. state governments must adhere to the U.S. Constitution.
14th Amendment
Contempt
commutation
rebuttal
29. 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.
accessory
Safety Zone
mistrial
state's evidence
30. An unlawful attempt - coupled with a present ability - to commit a violent injury on the person of another
cross examination
assault
fair preponderance
3rd Amendment
31. Evidence illegally obtained by police officers can-not be used against the accused in a criminal case. (Mapp v. Ohio)
default
6th Amendment
2nd Amendment
Exclusionary Rule
32. Against A Thing.
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33. Any motor vehicle accident occurring entirely at a place other than on a highway.
crime
Litter
motor vehicle non-traffic accident
Litter
34. 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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35. 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.
accomplice
Bicycle
felony
rout
36. That place where a person has his/her true and permanent home. a person may have several residences - but only one domicile
assault
fence
Motor Vehicle Searches
domicile
37. An obligation signed by the accused - with his/her sureties - to secure his/her presence in court
bail bond
commutation
Gross combination weight rating
embezzlement
38. An injury or wrong committed - either with or without force - to the person or property of another
forgery
tort
Ethnicity
necessarily included offenses
39. Can be issued by a clerk of the court
3rd Amendment
Capias
motive
Farm Tractor
40. That which - under the established rules of evidence - cannot be admitted or received into a court of law.
decree
Inadmissible
Motion
embezzlement
41. A certain time allowed by statute in which litigation must be brought.
Urban district
ordinance
Limitation
discovery
42. A highway that has PREFENTIAL RIGHT OF WAY in an intersection
ordinance
Through highway
Ethnicity
condemnation
43. Primary evidence - as distinguished from secondary evidence; the best and highest evidence of which the nature of the case is susceptible
negligence
Nighttime
Indigent/Pauper
best evidence
44. The commission of some act which is prohibited by law.
mistrial
Capias
domicile
Malfeasance
45. 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
feigned accomplice
Motor carrier
change of venue
Residence district
46. The fraudulent appropriation by a person for his/her own use or benefit of property or money entrusted to him/her by another
embezzlement
Habitual criminal
peremptory challenge
amicus curiae
47. Common-law and constitutional prohibition against more than one prosecution of the same crime - transaction - or omission
20ft
incompetent evidence
double jeopardy
Motor carrier
48. Common Ancesry and physical characteristics
Obscene
Race
change of venue
dactyloscopy
49. Sheriff
Commitment
prosecutor
Conservator Of Peace
condemnation
50. 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.
Litter
Bus
nightstick
bail bond