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Police Legal Vocab
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1. The challenge which the prosecution or defense may use to reject a certain number of prospective jurors without assigning cause.
Indigent/Pauper
peremptory challenge
principles
Court of Criminal Appeals
2. Sheriff
false arrest
Conservator Of Peace
Petition
Parties
3. Reasonable grounds for supposing that a criminal charge is well-founded.
Farm Tractor
probable cause
due process
incompetent evidence
4. Portion of the highway - other than the shoulder.
Crosswalk
condemnation
Roadway
tort
5. Private office or room of a judge
'Et Seq'
Bicycle
chambers
Bus
6. Motor vehicle used to draw another vehicle. NOT MEANT TO CARRY A LOAD - OTHER HAN PART OF THE WEIGHT OF THE OTHER VEHICLERO
extortion - theft by
Truck tractor
expert evidence
Malfeasance
7. RIGHT TO BE INDICTED BY A GRAND JURY - Notice of charges - Double jeopardy - Self Incrimination - Due Process - Reasonable reimbursement for property
indictment
Pro Bono
directed verdict
5th Amendment
8. Unoccupied -Undeveloped -Uncultivated
Open fields
Default Judgement
search warrant
cause
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
6th Amendment trial
Special mobile equipment
feigned accomplice
Trailer
10. A 'person' that direct the operation of one or more vehicles that haul people or cargo.
Motor carrier
3rd Amendment
6th amendment
demur
11. An instruction by the judge to the jury to return a specific verdict
directed verdict
rout
'Prima Face'
adjudication
12. Person who swears to an affidavit or statement
brief
Affiant
Class 'A' dl
default
13. Strip of land next to the highway - at least 300 ft long - that is improved and used primarily for residences.
Residence district
self-defense
extenuation circumstances
mistrial
14. Can't stop - stand - or park within how many ft. of a traffic control device thats on the side of the road?
30ft
Chattel
feigned accomplice
dissent
15. The fraudulent appropriation by a person for his/her own use or benefit of property or money entrusted to him/her by another
due process
battery
Garishment
embezzlement
16. Divided - controlled access highway
Freeway
dissent
Ethnicity
ordinance
17. Can't stop - stand - or park within how many ft. of a fire hydrate?
15ft
Traffic
Motor carrier
certiorari
18. Roadway that is divided into at least 2 clearly marked lanes.
principles
search warrant
expunge
Laned roadway
19. 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
Alias Citation
6th Amendment trial
magistrate
20. And wife. The phrase was formely common in case names and legal documents invovling a husband and wife jointly.
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21. Primary evidence - as distinguished from secondary evidence; the best and highest evidence of which the nature of the case is susceptible
Flammable liquid
brief
best evidence
Fraud
22. A highway that has PREFENTIAL RIGHT OF WAY in an intersection
motive
robbery
forgery
Through highway
23. Common Ancesry and physical characteristics
opinion evidence
dactyloscopy
Race
recognizance
24. 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.
bail bond
indictment
Statute
5th Amendment Trial
25. To release a person arrested or imprisoned - on security being taken - for his/her appearance in court on a specified day and place.
Libel
corroboration evidence
Writ of possesion
bail
26. A friend of the court; one who interposes or volunteers information upon some matter of law
Roadway
Traffic
Motor Vehicle Searches
amicus curiae
27. A legal document (process) signed by a judicial officer commanding a witness to appear and testify at a specific time and place
embezzlement
subpoena
allegation
crime
28. Judgement entered by the court upon the failure of party to plead or appear at the appointed time.
prosecutor
recognizance
Default Judgement
Commercial Motor vehicle
29. And other persons. -Commonly used to include anyone associated the named defendant in reference to the matter before he court.
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30. The official record of proceedings in a trial or hearing
Flashing yellow light
Official Misconduct
transcript
1st Amendment trial
31. The persons who are actively concerned in the prosecution or defense of a legal proceeding.
Bicycle
10th Amendment
battery
Parties
32. Can be pedestrians - ridden or herded animals or vehicles.
change of venue
mistrial
Traffic
search warrant
33. One who knowingly - voluntarily and with common intent with a principal offender - unites in the commission of a crime
synergism
Laned roadway
accomplice
interrogatories
34. To collect - gather - take up - seize - or execute on monies - real - or personal property under a lwfully issued writ.
Levy
dissent
change of venue
instruction
35. The omission to do something which a reasonable person - guided by ordinary considerations - would do; or the doing of something with a reasonable and prudent person would not do.
negligence
felony
testimony
'Et Seq'
36. Offense that is an intentional or knowing violation of a law committed by a public servant while acting in an official capacity as a public servant.
bail
Writ of possesion
Official Misconduct
commutation
37. A legislative enactment by a municipality (e.g.' local curfew - parking violations); a local law as opposed to a state statute.
rebuttal
ordinance
felony
nolo contendere
38. 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
30ft
principles
Urban district
arraignment
39. Proceedings held to determine wheter a person has violated a lawful court order and to set punishment if viloation is found.
Residence district
Contempt
equitable action
best evidence
40. 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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41. Human power that has 2 wheel. It has to have at lease one wheel tat is a min. of 14' in.
Bicycle
bail bond
fence
brief
42. The change of a punishment from a greater degree to a lesser degree - as from death to life imprisonment
commutation
Highway or street
double jeopardy
5th Amendment Trial
43. In Re Gault
Exclusionary Rule
deposition
6th Amendment trial
preponderance of evidence
44. Every person who - after a felony has been committed - harbors - conceals - or aids a principal in such felony - with the intent that said principal may avoid or escape from arrest - trial - conviction - or punishment - having knowledge that said pri
synergism
accessory
power of attorney
dissent
45. Detailed list of articles of assests containing a designation or description of each specific article.
Inventory
self-defense
assault
Return
46. Miranda v. Arizona
5th Amendment Trial
fair preponderance
'Et Al'
power of attorney
47. Intent to commit an unlawful act or cause harm without legal justification or excuse.
Writ Of Possesion (Non-Eviction)
parole
malice
accomplice
48. 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.
discovery
expunge
certiorari
Litter
49. Liquid that has a flash point of not more than 70 degrees
synergism
decree
15ft
Flammable liquid
50. To file a pleading (called a demurrer) admitting the truth of the facts in the complaint or answer - but contending
demur
Levy
Roadway
rout
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