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Police Legal Vocab
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Intent to commit an unlawful act or cause harm without legal justification or excuse.
Improved shoulder
corroboration evidence
subpoena
malice
2. A legislative enactment by a municipality (e.g.' local curfew - parking violations); a local law as opposed to a state statute.
ordinance
noxious substance
Special mobile equipment
6th Amendment trial
3. When an attorney works for client for no fee.
nightstick
Business district
Pro Bono
fence
4. 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
Affiant
Urban district
bail
expert evidence
5. 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.
domicile
rout
instruction
Safety Zone
6. From 1/2 hour before sunrise - to 1/2 hour after sunset
Alias Citation
Daytime
Pro Bono
negligence
7. 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.
Chattel
indictment
corroboration evidence
Affiant
8. Giving or pronouncing a judgment or decree; also the judgment given.
felony
Motion
Daytime
adjudication
9. RIGHT TO BE INDICTED BY A GRAND JURY - Notice of charges - Double jeopardy - Self Incrimination - Due Process - Reasonable reimbursement for property
corroboration evidence
5th Amendment
8th Amendment
Roadway
10. A proceeding whereby one party to an action may be informed as to facts known by other parties or witnesses
Injuction
discovery
state's evidence
motor vehicle non-traffic accident
11. Evidence which is not admissible under the established rules of evidence.
Flammable liquid
incompetent evidence
Residence district
Conservator Of Peace
12. Any unlawful physical restraint of another's liberty - whether in prison or in custody
false arrest
chambers
assault
corroboration evidence
13. Written questions propounded by one party and served on an adversary - who must provide answers thereto under oath.
Conservator Of Peace
extortion - theft by
interrogatories
brief
14. Common-law and constitutional prohibition against more than one prosecution of the same crime - transaction - or omission
Indigent/Pauper
malice
double jeopardy
amicus curiae
15. 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.
double jeopardy
Writ Of Possesion (Non-Eviction)
Commercial Motor vehicle
recognizance
16. That which - under the established rules of evidence - cannot be admitted or received into a court of law.
search warrant
Default Judgement
Inadmissible
Flammable liquid
17. A proceeding whereby property - money - or credits of a debtor - in possession of another (garnishee) - are applied to the debts of the debtor.
motive
6th Amendment trial
Garishment
bail
18. Manaul - electric - or mechanical device that directs traffic to stop and to proceed.
Traffic control signal
Inadmissible
Frisk
Alias Citation
19. 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
cross examination
rebuttal
Class 'A' dl
Inventory
20. The false making or material altering - with intent to defraud - of any writing which - if genuine - might be the foundation of a legal liability
forgery
Injuction
'Et Ux'
Contempt
21. Any substance capable of generating offensive - noxious - or suffocating fumes - gasses - or vapors.
Open fields
Motor carrier
noxious substance
Alias Citation
22. Divided - controlled access highway
assault
Flammable liquid
directed verdict
Freeway
23. Human power that has 2 wheel. It has to have at lease one wheel tat is a min. of 14' in.
Bicycle
writ of possesion (Eviction)
Chattel
6th amendment
24. Area between the boundary lines/ right of way lines of a publicly maintained way - which is open to vehicular travel.
Highway or street
commutation
motor vehicle non-traffic accident
Garishment
25. A crime of a graver nature than a misdemeanor. generally - an offense punishable by death or imprisonment in a penitentiary
Bus
felony
8th Amendment
plaintiff
26. Unoccupied -Undeveloped -Uncultivated
8th Amendment
accessory
Open fields
rebuttal
27. 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.
Ethnicity
injunction
mandamus
Inventory
28. A person who brings an action; the party who complains or sues in a personal action and is so named on the record.
rebuttal
plaintiff
recognizance
Open fields
29. A pleading usually used by defendants in criminal cases - which literally means 'I will not contest it'.
domicile
nolo contendere
Limitation
probable cause
30. Tenn v. Garner
Conservator Of Peace
4th Amendment trial
School Crossing guard
interrogatories
31. Can be issued by a clerk of the court
necessarily included offenses
6th amendment
Capias
Frisk
32. Testimony - given by an accomplice or participant in a crime - tending to convict others.
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33. In criminal practice - bringing a prisoner to the bar of the court to answer to a criminal charg
arraignment
decree
battery
forgery
34. Can't stop - stand - or park within how many ft. of a traffic control device thats on the side of the road?
amicus curiae
Motor carrier
parole
30ft
35. 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.
necessarily included offenses
Return
Writ of possesion
adjudication
36. The predominate appeal of the matter taken as a whole is to a prurient interest in sexual conduct involving minors.
Obscene
mandamus
10th Amendment
Traffic control signal
37. 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
default
Writ of possesion
Parties
felony
38. Can be pedestrians - ridden or herded animals or vehicles.
Official Misconduct
Litter
magistrate
Traffic
39. 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.
recognizance
assault
Class 'B' dl
rebuttal
40. A deadly weapon; a long - heavy club usually carried by a law enforcement officer.
malice
nightstick
extortion - theft by
rebuttal
41. One who initiates the prosecution upon which an accused is arrested or who offers or presents an accusation against the party whom he/she suspects to be guilty; also - one who takes charge of a case and performs the functions of a trial lawyer for th
4th Amendment
prosecutor
Farm Tractor
due process
42. That place where a person has his/her true and permanent home. a person may have several residences - but only one domicile
Bailee
preponderance of evidence
domicile
Sidewalk
43. Right to bail - Protection from excessive fines - No cruel of unusual punishment
8th Amendment
Dispose or dump
discovery
decree
44. Joint action of two separate drugs resulting in a total effect greater than the summed effects of both. For example - barbiturates are alcohol synergists - since the combined action of doses of alcohol and barbiturates (whoes additive effects would b
change of venue
corroboration evidence
Daytime
synergism
45. Value specified as the loaded weight of a combination or articulated vehicle
arraignment
School crossing zone
instruction
Gross combination weight rating
46. 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.
Levy
Statute
subpoena
Fraud
47. And other persons. -Commonly used to include anyone associated the named defendant in reference to the matter before he court.
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48. Citation issued after the original ciation usually directed to the sheriff or another county or directed to the defendant under another.
Contempt
Alias Citation
Malfeasance
Motion
49. Anyone under 15 Y.O.A - Anyone under 18 Y.O.A unless they comply with driver education training - Anyone proven to be addicted to certain substances.
Licencse Ineligibility
battery
malice
Pro Bono
50. 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
arraignment
6th Amendment trial
expert evidence
6th amendment