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Police Legal Vocab
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. 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.
Malfeasance
search warrant
'Et Seq'
Residence district
2. Value specified as the loaded weight of a combination or articulated vehicle
indictment
Writ of possesion
Sequestration
Gross combination weight rating
3. Motor vehicle - primarily designed to transport property.
chambers
Shoulder
Motor carrier
Truck
4. Is an affimative defense
Mistake of law
synergism
4th Amendment
dissent
5. Go thru only with caution
'In Rem'
Highway or street
Flashing yellow light
allegation
6. 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
1st Amendment trial
principles
School crossing zone
cross examination
7. 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
extradition
negligence
Freeway main lane
Mistake of law
8. Person who swears to an affidavit or statement
forgery
Affiant
Dispose or dump
misfeasance
9. A pleading usually used by defendants in criminal cases - which literally means 'I will not contest it'.
bailiff
Freeway
nolo contendere
Farm Tractor
10. That which - under the established rules of evidence - cannot be admitted or received into a court of law.
Inadmissible
Traffic
Residence district
certiorari
11. 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
forgery
rout
15ft
cross examination
12. Human power that has 2 wheel. It has to have at lease one wheel tat is a min. of 14' in.
Motor Vehicle Searches
Motor carrier
Bicycle
double jeopardy
13. Sheriff
Conservator Of Peace
negligence
writ
Statute
14. 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
Ethnicity
Dispose or dump
cross examination
15. Is used to recover possession of rental property.
Writ of possesion
Jurisdiction Of County Courts
4th Amendment trial
Litter
16. An officer having power to issue a warrant for the arrest of a person charged with a public offense.
Alley
magistrate
recognizance
incompetent evidence
17. And wife. The phrase was formely common in case names and legal documents invovling a husband and wife jointly.
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18. Rights not mention retained by people
9th Amendment
transcript
Shoulder
'Et Ux'
19. An accusation in writing found and presented by a grand jury - charging that a person therein named has done some act or been guilty of some omission which - by law - is a crime.
corroboration evidence
indictment
extenuation circumstances
Obscene
20. A Person who recieves personal property from another as a bailment.
extradition
parole
Bailee
expunge
21. The false making or material altering - with intent to defraud - of any writing which - if genuine - might be the foundation of a legal liability
Levy
forgery
interrogatories
Ethnicity
22. 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
extradition
bail
Statute
Urban district
23. It is recognized as an extension of the sidewalk and doesnt have to be marked on the roadway to be considered lawful.
School Crossing guard
Gross combination weight rating
6th Amendment trial
Crosswalk
24. 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.
instruction
venue
negligence
Laned roadway
25. Final appeallate jurisdiction in penalty cases
Default Judgement
Court of Criminal Appeals
double jeopardy
plaintiff
26. Citizens of each state are also - citizens of the U.S. state governments must adhere to the U.S. Constitution.
dactyloscopy
Shoulder
14th Amendment
search warrant
27. Giving or pronouncing a judgment or decree; also the judgment given.
plaintiff
adjudication
search warrant
Pleadings
28. Any motor vehicle accident occurring entirely at a place other than on a highway.
search warrant
6th Amendment trial
instruction
motor vehicle non-traffic accident
29. 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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30. Portion of a highway next to the roadway - which is distinguished by design - consruction - or marking - Area not Intended for vehicle travel.
4th Amendment trial
Shoulder
Levy
discovery
31. Liquid that has a flash point of not more than 70 degrees
6th amendment
4th Amendment
amicus curiae
Flammable liquid
32. Steet not primarily used for hrought traffic - that provides access to building or lots
Alley
noxious substance
Roadway
Default Judgement
33. An obligation signed by the accused - with his/her sureties - to secure his/her presence in court
polygraph
probable cause
bail bond
Writ of possesion
34. The fraudulent appropriation by a person for his/her own use or benefit of property or money entrusted to him/her by another
embezzlement
malice
expert evidence
Truck tractor
35. A person who brings an action; the party who complains or sues in a personal action and is so named on the record.
'In Rem'
search warrant
5th Amendment
plaintiff
36. Unoccupied -Undeveloped -Uncultivated
Open fields
Flammable liquid
Freeway
prosecutor
37. A certain time allowed by statute in which litigation must be brought.
recognizance
voir dire
corroboration evidence
Limitation
38. To file a pleading (called a demurrer) admitting the truth of the facts in the complaint or answer - but contending
'Et Al'
demur
dissent
self-defense
39. Reduced speed zone to facilitate children going to and from school.
Exclusionary Rule
School crossing zone
Farm Tractor
Writ Of Possesion (Non-Eviction)
40. A written or printed document prepared by counsel to file in court - usually setting forth both facts and law in support of the case
extenuation circumstances
recognizance
brief
rebuttal
41. A method of defamation expressed by print - writing - pictures - or signs. In its most general sense - any publication that is injurious to the reputation of another.
Libel
5th Amendment
malice
corroboration evidence
42. Divided - controlled access highway
'Et Seq'
Bicycle
Freeway
Libel
43. The act of physically destroying files - records - or information; for example - upon judicial order
Flammable liquid
Commitment
equitable action
expunge
44. When an attorney works for client for no fee.
Flammable liquid
Return
Pro Bono
prosecutor
45. Intent to commit an unlawful act or cause harm without legal justification or excuse.
Parties
commutation
malice
'Et Seq'
46. Shared culture and background - Shared language - religion and other culture patterns
voir dire
Litter
Ethnicity
Bus
47. A term commonly used to denote the disagreement of one or more judges of a court with the decision of the majority
preponderance of evidence
14th Amendment
no bill
dissent
48. The felonious taking of personal property in the possession of another from his/her person or immediate presence and against his/her will - accomplished by means of force or fear.
synergism
Race
Flashing yellow light
robbery
49. 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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50. Right to an attorney during criminal proceedingis What amendment
6th amendment
preponderance of evidence
Gross combination weight rating
search warrant