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Police Legal Vocab
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1. A Person who recieves personal property from another as a bailment.
Injuction
Official traffic control device
prosecutor
Bailee
2. And wife. The phrase was formely common in case names and legal documents invovling a husband and wife jointly.
3. In Re Gault
6th Amendment trial
Nighttime
30ft
probable cause
4. The practical application of the scientific study of fingerprint comparisons and the classification of prints
Commercial Motor vehicle
dactyloscopy
Indigent/Pauper
Roadway
5. Reduced speed zone to facilitate children going to and from school.
Mistake of law
Crosswalk
School crossing zone
Licencse Ineligibility
6. Duran v. City of Douglas - Az
Motor Vehicle Searches
Sidewalk
1st Amendment trial
30ft
7. Final appeallate jurisdiction in penalty cases
Contempt
Court of Criminal Appeals
fence
Garishment
8. 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
Right of way
commutation
Improved shoulder
9. 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
3rd Amendment
4th Amendment
Habitual criminal
feigned accomplice
10. Operate a vehicle with G.V.W.are of 26 -001 or more - Combo of vehicles 26 -001 or more towing more than 10000
11. One of the lanes on the freeway
1st Amendment trial
Freeway main lane
Gross combination weight rating
Conservator Of Peace
12. Greater weight of evidence - or evidence which is more credible and convincing to the mind - not necessarily the greater number of witnesses.
necessarily included offenses
Chattel
preponderance of evidence
magistrate
13. The assertion - declaration - or statement of a party to an action - made in a pleading - setting out what he/she expects to prove
Pro Bono
allegation
Statute
magistrate
14. 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.
decree
Trailer
no bill
Traffic
15. No force quarterly of soldiers - permitted only in war time and in accordance with the law.
plaintiff
3rd Amendment
Daytime
Garishment
16. The right of one vehicle or pedestrian to proceed in a lawful manner in preference to another
default
6th Amendment
bind over
Right of way
17. 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
discovery
motive
plaintiff
18. Is an affimative defense
Affiant
opinion evidence
Mistake of law
motor vehicle non-traffic accident
19. An injury or wrong committed - either with or without force - to the person or property of another
6th amendment
tort
Right of way
Obscene
20. An instruction by the judge to the jury to return a specific verdict
incompetent evidence
adjudication
Exclusionary Rule
directed verdict
21. An original writ commanding judges or officers of inferior courts to certify or to return records of proceedings in a cause for judicial review
5th Amendment Trial
verdict
Injuction
certiorari
22. An action Which may be brought for the purpose of restraining the threatened infliction of wrongs or personal injuries and the prevention of threatened illegal action
domicile
Farm Tractor
robbery
equitable action
23. 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
Commercial Motor vehicle
Statute
Daytime
felony
24. By or on the relation of.
25. An obligation signed by the accused - with his/her sureties - to secure his/her presence in court
bail bond
burglary
Motor carrier
Farm Tractor
26. To run the hands quickly over another's person in search of weapons or contra ban; a 'pat down' search.
corroboration evidence
Frisk
Levy
subpoena
27. From 1/2 hour after sunset to 1/2 hour before sunrise.
Limitation
Nighttime
rout
Injuction
28. 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.
recognizance
advancing prostitution
deposition
Sequestration
29. Evidence given by a competent witness - under oath; as distinguished from evidence derived from writings and other sources
Writ of possesion
14th Amendment
testimony
recognizance
30. The entering of a private or restricted premise with the intent to commit grand theft - petty theft - or a felony
burglary
demur
Petition
probable cause
31. A legislative enactment by a federal or state body of legislators - more frequently referred to as 'a law'
Statute
Mistake of law
malice
venue
32. All persons concerned in the commission of a crime - whether they directly commit the act constituting the offense or aid in its commission or have advised and encouraged its commission - all persons counseling - advising - or encouraging children un
Writ of possesion
principles
ordinance
tort
33. Go thru only with caution
bail
mistrial
Bicycle
Flashing yellow light
34. The challenge which the prosecution or defense may use to reject a certain number of prospective jurors without assigning cause.
peremptory challenge
School Crossing guard
Commercial Motor vehicle
9th Amendment
35. A motor vehicle used primarily as a farm implement.
Nighttime
domicile
Farm Tractor
Truck tractor
36. Sufficent to establish a fact or raise a presumption unless disproved or rebuted.
37. A person who has received two previous convictions on seperate felony charges. Such a person will be adjudged a habitual criminal and may be punishable by imprisionment in the state prison for life.
Habitual criminal
forgery
expert evidence
false arrest
38. A person who brings an action; the party who complains or sues in a personal action and is so named on the record.
6th amendment
plaintiff
Inventory
Special mobile equipment
39. Written or Oral application for a ruling or order from the court.
20ft
Motion
4th Amendment
polygraph
40. Manaul - electric - or mechanical device that directs traffic to stop and to proceed.
School Crossing guard
bail
adjudication
Traffic control signal
41. Intent to commit an unlawful act or cause harm without legal justification or excuse.
discovery
injunction
malice
extenuation circumstances
42. Allows a landlord who prevails in an eviction suit to regain possession of the premises that were in dispute.
burglary
'Et Ux'
writ of possesion (Eviction)
Safety Zone
43. And other persons. -Commonly used to include anyone associated the named defendant in reference to the matter before he court.
44. When an attorney works for client for no fee.
Pro Bono
domicile
Through highway
Urban district
45. 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.
cross examination
Injuction
self-defense
expert evidence
46. A receiver of stolen goods. typically This is someone who receives the stolen property for sale or distribution
fence
Injuction
Litter
rebuttal
47. 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.
change of venue
parole
Shoulder
prosecutor
48. 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
synergism
riot
double jeopardy
Commitment
49. Probable cause to search vehicle (Carroll v. U.S)
expunge
motive
'Ex Rel'
Motor Vehicle Searches
50. Rubbish - refuse - waste material - offal - paper - glass - cans - bottles - trash - debris - or any foreign substance of whatever kind or description and whether or not it is of value.
Litter
bind over
extortion - theft by
magistrate