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Police Legal Vocab
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. A suit - litigation - or action - that is either civil or criminal
cause
Farm Tractor
change of venue
Safety Zone
2. The predominate appeal of the matter taken as a whole is to a prurient interest in sexual conduct involving minors.
arraignment
Obscene
Race
tort
3. A pleading usually used by defendants in criminal cases - which literally means 'I will not contest it'.
nolo contendere
discovery
due process
peremptory challenge
4. 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
Improved shoulder
best evidence
expert evidence
false arrest
5. Person - at least 18 yrs. old - that has the job of directing traffic in school zone.
Frisk
voir dire
Litter
School Crossing guard
6. A mandatory or prohibitive writ issued by a court.
corroboration evidence
Safety Zone
feigned accomplice
injunction
7. A decision or order of the court. a final decree is one which fully and finally disposes of the litigation; an interlocutory decree is a provisional or preliminary decree which is not final.
directed verdict
Writ Of Possesion (Non-Eviction)
self-defense
decree
8. The right of one vehicle or pedestrian to proceed in a lawful manner in preference to another
Official Misconduct
Right of way
Race
due process
9. From 1/2 hour before sunrise - to 1/2 hour after sunset
writ of possesion (Eviction)
Contempt
School crossing zone
Daytime
10. Proceedings held to determine wheter a person has violated a lawful court order and to set punishment if viloation is found.
Ethnicity
nolo contendere
transcript
Contempt
11. To hold on bail for trial
Commitment
bind over
ordinance
instruction
12. Motor vehicle used to draw another vehicle. NOT MEANT TO CARRY A LOAD - OTHER HAN PART OF THE WEIGHT OF THE OTHER VEHICLERO
Crosswalk
Injuction
embezzlement
Truck tractor
13. Evidence sufficient to convince the triers of fact that the party who has the burden of doing so has established its cause
testimony
cause
Freeway main lane
fair preponderance
14. Go thru only with caution
recognizance
Flashing yellow light
crime
robbery
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.
School Crossing guard
Nighttime
voir dire
transcript
16. Powers not identified belong to the states.
10th Amendment
Mistake of law
parole
corroboration evidence
17. Intent to commit an unlawful act or cause harm without legal justification or excuse.
adjudication
Frisk
Class 'A' dl
malice
18. Duran v. City of Douglas - Az
1st Amendment trial
Highway or street
Habitual criminal
Malfeasance
19. A legislative enactment by a municipality (e.g.' local curfew - parking violations); a local law as opposed to a state statute.
6th Amendment trial
'Ex Rel'
School crossing zone
ordinance
20. Sufficent to establish a fact or raise a presumption unless disproved or rebuted.
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21. 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.
1st amendment
parole
6th Amendment trial
mistrial
22. An officer having power to issue a warrant for the arrest of a person charged with a public offense.
cause
magistrate
prosecutor
double jeopardy
23. Reasonable grounds for supposing that a criminal charge is well-founded.
probable cause
voir dire
subpoena
4th Amendment trial
24. Tenn v. Garner
magistrate
4th Amendment trial
preponderance of evidence
Parties
25. An original writ commanding judges or officers of inferior courts to certify or to return records of proceedings in a cause for judicial review
necessarily included offenses
self-defense
certiorari
Nighttime
26. Shared culture and background - Shared language - religion and other culture patterns
Return
bailiff
Ethnicity
instruction
27. That place where a person has his/her true and permanent home. a person may have several residences - but only one domicile
Gross combination weight rating
Jurisdiction Of County Courts
domicile
power of attorney
28. The challenge which the prosecution or defense may use to reject a certain number of prospective jurors without assigning cause.
Bicycle
malice
peremptory challenge
self-defense
29. Can be pedestrians - ridden or herded animals or vehicles.
instruction
Licencse Ineligibility
Traffic
advancing prostitution
30. No force quarterly of soldiers - permitted only in war time and in accordance with the law.
injunction
Litter
3rd Amendment
Business district
31. The particular county - city - or geographic area in which a court with jurisdiction may hear and determine a case
Truck
Dispose or dump
rout
venue
32. An unlawful attempt - coupled with a present ability - to commit a violent injury on the person of another
Roadway
battery
Motor carrier
assault
33. Written or Oral application for a ruling or order from the court.
testimony
Capias
Motion
negligence
34. And the following one or ones.
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35. A certain time allowed by statute in which litigation must be brought.
Petition
discovery
Limitation
adjudication
36. A Person who recieves personal property from another as a bailment.
nolo contendere
Pro Bono
Bailee
incompetent evidence
37. Vehicle not designed to haul persons or property. O LESS THAN 40FT IN LENGTH.
verdict
Special mobile equipment
default
directed verdict
38. A public offense or wrong that is forbidden by law
Through highway
Garishment
crime
interrogatories
39. A person who brings an action; the party who complains or sues in a personal action and is so named on the record.
amicus curiae
plaintiff
advancing prostitution
Parties
40. Endorsement by an officer upon a process stating what - where - when - why - how - and whom service and compliance of the commands within the process were made.
Return
due process
Limitation
Fraud
41. To run the hands quickly over another's person in search of weapons or contra ban; a 'pat down' search.
'In Rem'
Frisk
expert evidence
best evidence
42. 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
Litter
Court of Criminal Appeals
condemnation
equitable action
43. 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
Nighttime
3rd Amendment
6th amendment
change of venue
44. 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.
Daytime
opinion evidence
Traffic control signal
Habitual criminal
45. The testimony of a witness not taken in open court - but in pursuance of authority given by statute or rule of court to take testimony elsewhere
Laned roadway
3rd Amendment
deposition
opinion evidence
46. 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.
synergism
venue
bail bond
Trailer
47. Motor vehicle or a combination of - hat is used to haul people or property - that -Has gross combination weight rating of 26 -001 or more - including towed unit with G.V.W.are of more than 10000 pounds - Can haul 16 or more passengerss - (including d
subpoena
Commercial Motor vehicle
venue
incompetent evidence
48. Portion of a highway next to the roadway - which is distinguished by design - consruction - or marking - Area not Intended for vehicle travel.
Shoulder
Pro Bono
'In Rem'
Improved shoulder
49. A crime of a graver nature than a misdemeanor. generally - an offense punishable by death or imprisonment in a penitentiary
Motor Vehicle Searches
opinion evidence
writ
felony
50. Place any type of litter on or in land/water
Dispose or dump
fair preponderance
Commitment
6th Amendment trial