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Police Legal Vocab
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Rights not mention retained by people
Through highway
peremptory challenge
9th Amendment
transcript
2. A mandatory or prohibitive writ issued by a court.
discovery
Inadmissible
injunction
false arrest
3. 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.
injunction
riot
search warrant
forgery
4. And wife. The phrase was formely common in case names and legal documents invovling a husband and wife jointly.
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5. 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
Alias Citation
14th Amendment
default
equitable action
6. A legal document (process) signed by a judicial officer commanding a witness to appear and testify at a specific time and place
14th Amendment
subpoena
Limitation
feigned accomplice
7. 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
magistrate
Alley
chambers
cross examination
8. A proceeding whereby one party to an action may be informed as to facts known by other parties or witnesses
discovery
Highway or street
Flashing yellow light
'Ex Rel'
9. A proceeding whereby property - money - or credits of a debtor - in possession of another (garnishee) - are applied to the debts of the debtor.
Motion
School crossing zone
Garishment
Statute
10. Proceedings held to determine wheter a person has violated a lawful court order and to set punishment if viloation is found.
4th Amendment
Commercial Motor vehicle
Jurisdiction Of County Courts
Contempt
11. Commands the person to whom it is directed to desist or refrain from the commision or continuance of the act enjoined or to obey and execute such order as the court has seen proper to issue.
Injuction
accessory
embezzlement
corroboration evidence
12. To collect - gather - take up - seize - or execute on monies - real - or personal property under a lwfully issued writ.
Obscene
self-defense
Levy
Official Misconduct
13. 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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14. Against A Thing.
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15. 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
expunge
robbery
School Crossing guard
motive
16. 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
Motor Vehicle Searches
Motor carrier
Jurisdiction Of County Courts
self-defense
17. Judgement entered by the court upon the failure of party to plead or appear at the appointed time.
3rd Amendment
Default Judgement
Pro Bono
Highway or street
18. That place where a person has his/her true and permanent home. a person may have several residences - but only one domicile
14th Amendment
domicile
Shoulder
chambers
19. Motor vehicle used to draw another vehicle. NOT MEANT TO CARRY A LOAD - OTHER HAN PART OF THE WEIGHT OF THE OTHER VEHICLERO
Fraud
Truck tractor
1st Amendment trial
Shoulder
20. In criminal practice - bringing a prisoner to the bar of the court to answer to a criminal charg
arraignment
8th Amendment
Indigent/Pauper
Safety Zone
21. RIGHT TO BE INDICTED BY A GRAND JURY - Notice of charges - Double jeopardy - Self Incrimination - Due Process - Reasonable reimbursement for property
mandamus
incompetent evidence
5th Amendment
assault
22. Evidence supplementary to that already given and tending to strengthen or confirm it
prosecutor
Improved shoulder
corroboration evidence
Petition
23. Decayable waste (animal/vegetable) - Non-decayable/solid waste that consist of boxes -rubber - plastic - metal - etc.
30ft
Litter
double jeopardy
incompetent evidence
24. The official record of proceedings in a trial or hearing
felony
transcript
battery
Roadway
25. Sufficent to establish a fact or raise a presumption unless disproved or rebuted.
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26. Detailed list of articles of assests containing a designation or description of each specific article.
Inadmissible
expert evidence
Inventory
amicus curiae
27. Probable cause to search vehicle (Carroll v. U.S)
riot
Motor Vehicle Searches
Levy
4th Amendment trial
28. Can't stop - stand - or park within how many ft. of a traffic control device thats on the side of the road?
30ft
Safety Zone
directed verdict
Trailer
29. 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.
Trailer
Limitation
Injuction
riot
30. A motor vehicle designed to carry more than 10 or motor vehicle other than a cab
decree
Bus
assault
Safety Zone
31. The name of a writ which issues from a court of superior jurisdiction - directed to an inferior court - commanding the performance of a particular act.
extenuation circumstances
brief
mandamus
Injuction
32. Portion of the highway - other than the shoulder.
'Prima Face'
Capias
Roadway
forgery
33. 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.
Return
negligence
burglary
expert evidence
34. Unoccupied -Undeveloped -Uncultivated
recognizance
feigned accomplice
Open fields
Race
35. 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.
brief
9th Amendment
5th Amendment Trial
recognizance
36. Speedy trial - Public trial - Unbiased jury - Knowledge of accusation/charge - Cross examine witnesses - obtain witnesses - Representation by an attorney
6th Amendment
directed verdict
Dispose or dump
Fraud
37. The fraudulent appropriation by a person for his/her own use or benefit of property or money entrusted to him/her by another
Shoulder
commutation
Capias
embezzlement
38. Any sign - signal - marking - or device that is placed lawfully and is used to regulate - warn - or guide traffic
Litter
noxious substance
Official traffic control device
'Prima Face'
39. Law in its regular course of administration through the courts of justice. the guarantee of due process requires that every person have the protection of a fair trial
testimony
due process
principles
commutation
40. Can be issued by a clerk of the court
Open fields
prosecutor
Capias
Frisk
41. Evidence illegally obtained by police officers can-not be used against the accused in a criminal case. (Mapp v. Ohio)
Freeway main lane
Race
Exclusionary Rule
principles
42. 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
voir dire
parole
deposition
feigned accomplice
43. A person who brings an action; the party who complains or sues in a personal action and is so named on the record.
accessory
plaintiff
Special mobile equipment
Bicycle
44. An injury or wrong committed - either with or without force - to the person or property of another
Affiant
tort
felony
accomplice
45. Document filed by the plantiff with the clerk of the court that outlines the basis of the complaint - against the defendant.
bind over
Petition
discovery
Farm Tractor
46. And other persons. -Commonly used to include anyone associated the named defendant in reference to the matter before he court.
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47. An unlawful attempt - coupled with a present ability - to commit a violent injury on the person of another
Traffic
Bus
assault
tort
48. 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
6th Amendment trial
condemnation
Bicycle
Obscene
49. 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.
prosecutor
Gross combination weight rating
mistrial
brief
50. Final appeallate jurisdiction in penalty cases
domicile
Motor carrier
'Et Al'
Court of Criminal Appeals