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Police Legal Vocab
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. A motor vehicle designed to carry more than 10 or motor vehicle other than a cab
Alley
Bus
Highway or street
Urban district
2. By or on the relation of.
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3. A highway that has PREFENTIAL RIGHT OF WAY in an intersection
Through highway
no bill
9th Amendment
fence
4. In Re Gault
due process
Writ of possesion
6th Amendment trial
4th Amendment trial
5. A suitor who - on account of poverty - is allowed to sue or defend without being chargable with cost
Motion
Indigent/Pauper
'Ex Rel'
assault
6. The challenge which the prosecution or defense may use to reject a certain number of prospective jurors without assigning cause.
Pleadings
Writ of possesion
peremptory challenge
1st amendment
7. 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
Business district
Sidewalk
extenuation circumstances
riot
8. Against A Thing.
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9. 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
deposition
Trailer
magistrate
battery
10. 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
probable cause
forgery
accessory
extradition
11. Evidence illegally obtained by police officers can-not be used against the accused in a criminal case. (Mapp v. Ohio)
opinion evidence
Exclusionary Rule
nightstick
15ft
12. Oral or written statements made to the court presenting the claims and defenses of the parites
interrogatories
plaintiff
Obscene
Pleadings
13. To hold on bail for trial
Farm Tractor
bind over
allegation
Writ of possesion
14. A term commonly used to denote the disagreement of one or more judges of a court with the decision of the majority
misfeasance
accessory
best evidence
dissent
15. From 1/2 hour after sunset to 1/2 hour before sunrise.
Nighttime
dissent
plaintiff
Indigent/Pauper
16. 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
Return
feigned accomplice
Dispose or dump
cross examination
17. This phrase - endorsed by a grand jury on an indictment - is equivalent to 'not found' or 'not a true bill'. It means that - in the opinion of the jury - evidence was insufficient to warrant the return of a formal charge.
Motor carrier
3rd Amendment
no bill
due process
18. 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
due process
14th Amendment
Writ Of Possesion (Non-Eviction)
Inadmissible
19. A friend of the court; one who interposes or volunteers information upon some matter of law
tort
rout
amicus curiae
Mistake of law
20. That which - under the established rules of evidence - cannot be admitted or received into a court of law.
mistrial
no bill
magistrate
Inadmissible
21. Value specified as the loaded weight of a combination or articulated vehicle
9th Amendment
Gross combination weight rating
writ
misfeasance
22. Written or Oral application for a ruling or order from the court.
Motion
'Ex Rel'
subpoena
dactyloscopy
23. A legal document (process) signed by a judicial officer commanding a witness to appear and testify at a specific time and place
negligence
adjudication
4th Amendment trial
subpoena
24. An original writ commanding judges or officers of inferior courts to certify or to return records of proceedings in a cause for judicial review
Alias Citation
certiorari
default
Pleadings
25. 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.
search warrant
forgery
self-defense
Special mobile equipment
26. Reasonable grounds for supposing that a criminal charge is well-founded.
Gross combination weight rating
Jurisdiction Of County Courts
Truck
probable cause
27. Can be pedestrians - ridden or herded animals or vehicles.
Traffic
default
expert evidence
'In Rem'
28. 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
motive
Truck
opinion evidence
Motor carrier
29. 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
verdict
self-defense
arraignment
Official traffic control device
30. Right to bear arms
Exclusionary Rule
battery
2nd Amendment
preponderance of evidence
31. Evidence supplementary to that already given and tending to strengthen or confirm it
corroboration evidence
Jurisdiction Of County Courts
Alias Citation
10th Amendment
32. A proceeding whereby one party to an action may be informed as to facts known by other parties or witnesses
discovery
Bailee
Daytime
assault
33. The introduction of rebutting evidence; the showing that the statements of witnesses as to what occurred are not true; the stage of trial at which such evidence may be introduced.
Writ of possesion
rout
rebuttal
5th Amendment
34. RIGHT TO BE INDICTED BY A GRAND JURY - Notice of charges - Double jeopardy - Self Incrimination - Due Process - Reasonable reimbursement for property
Motor Vehicle Searches
5th Amendment
no bill
Class 'B' dl
35. Person - at least 18 yrs. old - that has the job of directing traffic in school zone.
Sequestration
School Crossing guard
Urban district
Right of way
36. The predominate appeal of the matter taken as a whole is to a prurient interest in sexual conduct involving minors.
crime
Conservator Of Peace
Obscene
Special mobile equipment
37. Portion of the highway - other than the shoulder.
Return
transcript
1st amendment
Roadway
38. 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.
advancing prostitution
Shoulder
rout
nightstick
39. Unlawfully obtaining property from another by threat. the threat - regardless of its nature must induce an 'oppressive condition or circumstance;' e.g. - threatening to inflict injury - or to accuse - or to expose a secret that tends to subject a per
Improved shoulder
extortion - theft by
accomplice
Inventory
40. Any willful and unlawful use of force or violence upon the person of another
bail
Nighttime
fence
battery
41. 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
Conservator Of Peace
Affiant
Urban district
Inventory
42. To stand an occupied or unoccupied vehicle other than while loading or unloading
Roadway
Park or parking
Motion
Exclusionary Rule
43. 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
demur
cause
fence
44. Rights not mention retained by people
9th Amendment
Return
extradition
brief
45. Can't stop - stand - or park within how many ft. of a fire hydrate?
forgery
15ft
accessory
rout
46. 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
cross examination
polygraph
Levy
Race
47. A 'person' that direct the operation of one or more vehicles that haul people or cargo.
Alias Citation
School Crossing guard
Motor carrier
Right of way
48. Right to an attorney during criminal proceedingis What amendment
6th amendment
Affiant
Urban district
due process
49. Land next to and even including a highway - if it is used for business purposes. Area described as being 600ft segment - has at least 300 ft of it along the highway set up for businesses
6th Amendment trial
Business district
amicus curiae
Return
50. Citizens of each state are also - citizens of the U.S. state governments must adhere to the U.S. Constitution.
5th Amendment Trial
Mistake of law
Open fields
14th Amendment