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Police Legal Vocab
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Place any type of litter on or in land/water
Dispose or dump
Writ Of Possesion (Non-Eviction)
amicus curiae
Affiant
2. An article of personal property as distinguished from from real property.
verdict
necessarily included offenses
Chattel
testimony
3. Testimony - given by an accomplice or participant in a crime - tending to convict others.
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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. Served by an sheriff or constable B. Directs defendant to deliver possession of certain property to the officer - who the delivers the property to the person the court has directed.
Writ Of Possesion (Non-Eviction)
Urban district
certiorari
Gross combination weight rating
6. Citizens of each state are also - citizens of the U.S. state governments must adhere to the U.S. Constitution.
expunge
6th amendment
14th Amendment
Injuction
7. A legal document (process) signed by a judicial officer commanding a witness to appear and testify at a specific time and place
1st Amendment trial
Pleadings
subpoena
4th Amendment
8. Judgement entered by the court upon the failure of party to plead or appear at the appointed time.
expunge
Writ of possesion
Official traffic control device
Default Judgement
9. The false making or material altering - with intent to defraud - of any writing which - if genuine - might be the foundation of a legal liability
Limitation
allegation
writ
forgery
10. The persons who are actively concerned in the prosecution or defense of a legal proceeding.
nightstick
motive
due process
Parties
11. Shared culture and background - Shared language - religion and other culture patterns
Frisk
no bill
Ethnicity
fair preponderance
12. The entering of a private or restricted premise with the intent to commit grand theft - petty theft - or a felony
necessarily included offenses
4th Amendment
Open fields
burglary
13. 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.
self-defense
deposition
Truck
parole
14. Divided - controlled access highway
Business district
Fraud
Freeway
forgery
15. Value specified as the loaded weight of a combination or articulated vehicle
certiorari
brief
Safety Zone
Gross combination weight rating
16. A legislative enactment by a municipality (e.g.' local curfew - parking violations); a local law as opposed to a state statute.
Limitation
bailiff
ordinance
Residence district
17. The challenge which the prosecution or defense may use to reject a certain number of prospective jurors without assigning cause.
'Ex Rel'
Roadway
peremptory challenge
Limitation
18. An original writ commanding judges or officers of inferior courts to certify or to return records of proceedings in a cause for judicial review
Dispose or dump
accomplice
Mistake of law
certiorari
19. 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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20. In Re Gault
parole
6th Amendment trial
School crossing zone
state's evidence
21. From 1/2 hour after sunset to 1/2 hour before sunrise.
Flammable liquid
Nighttime
expunge
Jurisdiction Of County Courts
22. Can be pedestrians - ridden or herded animals or vehicles.
Freeway
Truck tractor
Fraud
Traffic
23. A receiver of stolen goods. typically This is someone who receives the stolen property for sale or distribution
6th Amendment trial
fence
Right of way
Bicycle
24. Unoccupied -Undeveloped -Uncultivated
search warrant
Truck tractor
Open fields
allegation
25. 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
rout
riot
burglary
decree
26. A court attendant whose duties are to keep order in the courtroom and to have custody of the jury
polygraph
Nighttime
Conservator Of Peace
bailiff
27. The right of one vehicle or pedestrian to proceed in a lawful manner in preference to another
Right of way
condemnation
6th Amendment trial
noxious substance
28. 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.
Affiant
voir dire
Sidewalk
Obscene
29. Steet not primarily used for hrought traffic - that provides access to building or lots
Freeway main lane
default
extenuation circumstances
Alley
30. An injury or wrong committed - either with or without force - to the person or property of another
Bicycle
advancing prostitution
forgery
tort
31. Portion of a highway next to the roadway - which is distinguished by design - consruction - or marking - Area not Intended for vehicle travel.
Shoulder
burglary
30ft
false arrest
32. A proceeding whereby property - money - or credits of a debtor - in possession of another (garnishee) - are applied to the debts of the debtor.
motive
Garishment
probable cause
Farm Tractor
33. And the following one or ones.
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34. Motor vehicle used to draw another vehicle. NOT MEANT TO CARRY A LOAD - OTHER HAN PART OF THE WEIGHT OF THE OTHER VEHICLERO
Truck tractor
feigned accomplice
plaintiff
Default Judgement
35. Original jurisdiction of all misdemeanors of which exclusive original jurisdiction is not given to teh justice court - and shall not exceed $500.
indictment
false arrest
Jurisdiction Of County Courts
Parties
36. Greater weight of evidence - or evidence which is more credible and convincing to the mind - not necessarily the greater number of witnesses.
indictment
preponderance of evidence
burglary
negligence
37. Primary evidence - as distinguished from secondary evidence; the best and highest evidence of which the nature of the case is susceptible
Sidewalk
Motion
best evidence
Open fields
38. A crime of a graver nature than a misdemeanor. generally - an offense punishable by death or imprisonment in a penitentiary
felony
fence
amicus curiae
default
39. Person who swears to an affidavit or statement
rout
Affiant
Truck tractor
motor vehicle non-traffic accident
40. When an attorney works for client for no fee.
negligence
Pro Bono
extortion - theft by
Capias
41. Tenn v. Garner
Obscene
4th Amendment trial
indictment
Highway or street
42. To hold on bail for trial
crime
negligence
bind over
Inventory
43. The fraudulent appropriation by a person for his/her own use or benefit of property or money entrusted to him/her by another
extortion - theft by
embezzlement
Court of Criminal Appeals
arraignment
44. A suitor who - on account of poverty - is allowed to sue or defend without being chargable with cost
Petition
Dispose or dump
Indigent/Pauper
interrogatories
45. The act of physically destroying files - records - or information; for example - upon judicial order
Inventory
expert evidence
dissent
expunge
46. RIGHT TO BE INDICTED BY A GRAND JURY - Notice of charges - Double jeopardy - Self Incrimination - Due Process - Reasonable reimbursement for property
Petition
5th Amendment
certiorari
Class 'A' dl
47. 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
polygraph
Litter
tort
change of venue
48. A mandatory or prohibitive writ issued by a court.
injunction
battery
Laned roadway
Park or parking
49. An obligation signed by the accused - with his/her sureties - to secure his/her presence in court
directed verdict
Class 'B' dl
bail bond
transcript
50. From 1/2 hour before sunrise - to 1/2 hour after sunset
Daytime
bail
School crossing zone
discovery