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Police Legal Vocab
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Area in roadway designaaed for exclusive pedestrian use. Mus have signage or markings
20ft
15ft
Traffic
Safety Zone
2. 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
burglary
extenuation circumstances
Licencse Ineligibility
deposition
3. An original writ commanding judges or officers of inferior courts to certify or to return records of proceedings in a cause for judicial review
Class 'B' dl
Garishment
accessory
certiorari
4. Is a order signed by a proper magistrate directing a sheriff to recieve and place in jail.
demur
robbery
writ
Commitment
5. Freedom of religion - Freedom of speech - Freedom of the press - Freedom to peaceably assemble - Rights to grievances
Commercial Motor vehicle
1st amendment
Levy
self-defense
6. Proceedings held to determine wheter a person has violated a lawful court order and to set punishment if viloation is found.
'Prima Face'
Contempt
extradition
Alias Citation
7. Temporary seizure or setting aside of specific to wich a party to a suit has claim of ownership.
decree
Sequestration
5th Amendment
parole
8. 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
Official Misconduct
feigned accomplice
Motion
4th Amendment
9. Evidence sufficient to convince the triers of fact that the party who has the burden of doing so has established its cause
recognizance
noxious substance
bail
fair preponderance
10. Reasonable grounds for supposing that a criminal charge is well-founded.
30ft
probable cause
Ethnicity
prosecutor
11. A misdeed or trespass. The improper performance of some act which a person may lawfully do.
adjudication
Return
misfeasance
mandamus
12. 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.
indictment
demur
chambers
embezzlement
13. From 1/2 hour before sunrise - to 1/2 hour after sunset
Daytime
mandamus
Dispose or dump
misfeasance
14. When an attorney works for client for no fee.
state's evidence
bind over
Pro Bono
Default Judgement
15. The act of physically destroying files - records - or information; for example - upon judicial order
Improved shoulder
5th Amendment Trial
expunge
Litter
16. The felonious taking of personal property in the possession of another from his/her person or immediate presence and against his/her will - accomplished by means of force or fear.
expunge
Commercial Motor vehicle
robbery
'Ex Rel'
17. An article of personal property as distinguished from from real property.
Chattel
fence
Commercial Motor vehicle
Court of Criminal Appeals
18. Final appeallate jurisdiction in penalty cases
robbery
Court of Criminal Appeals
indictment
Through highway
19. A Person who recieves personal property from another as a bailment.
Bailee
Motion
no bill
indictment
20. Tenn v. Garner
9th Amendment
4th Amendment trial
School crossing zone
probable cause
21. An injury or wrong committed - either with or without force - to the person or property of another
tort
demur
magistrate
Race
22. 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
Urban district
Business district
Open fields
Motor carrier
23. 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.
indictment
extortion - theft by
Habitual criminal
Writ Of Possesion (Non-Eviction)
24. 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
1st amendment
change of venue
assault
Chattel
25. No force quarterly of soldiers - permitted only in war time and in accordance with the law.
Mistake of law
3rd Amendment
Improved shoulder
certiorari
26. And the following one or ones.
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27. And other persons. -Commonly used to include anyone associated the named defendant in reference to the matter before he court.
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28. The change of a punishment from a greater degree to a lesser degree - as from death to life imprisonment
motive
commutation
Traffic
15ft
29. Private office or room of a judge
Conservator Of Peace
chambers
magistrate
Motion
30. A friend of the court; one who interposes or volunteers information upon some matter of law
double jeopardy
4th Amendment trial
amicus curiae
Daytime
31. 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.
false arrest
5th Amendment
negligence
Nighttime
32. Speedy trial - Public trial - Unbiased jury - Knowledge of accusation/charge - Cross examine witnesses - obtain witnesses - Representation by an attorney
Writ Of Possesion (Non-Eviction)
dissent
demur
6th Amendment
33. Can't stop - stand - or park within how many ft. of a traffic control device thats on the side of the road?
default
School Crossing guard
Pro Bono
30ft
34. 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.
'Prima Face'
Nighttime
Injuction
Libel
35. Duran v. City of Douglas - Az
transcript
1st Amendment trial
condemnation
Motor Vehicle Searches
36. Can't stop - stand - or park within how many ft. of crosswalk at an intersection?
Mistake of law
ordinance
riot
20ft
37. Paved Shoulder
Improved shoulder
Limitation
recognizance
change of venue
38. 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.
4th Amendment
Writ Of Possesion (Non-Eviction)
Libel
8th Amendment
39. 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
self-defense
Dispose or dump
change of venue
cross examination
40. Rights not mention retained by people
necessarily included offenses
9th Amendment
Malfeasance
Class 'A' dl
41. Sheriff
15ft
Obscene
Conservator Of Peace
nightstick
42. 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
Court of Criminal Appeals
recognizance
Official Misconduct
Commercial Motor vehicle
43. A legal document (process) signed by a judicial officer commanding a witness to appear and testify at a specific time and place
burglary
tort
subpoena
Residence district
44. A deadly weapon; a long - heavy club usually carried by a law enforcement officer.
20ft
nightstick
brief
state's evidence
45. A receiver of stolen goods. typically This is someone who receives the stolen property for sale or distribution
due process
Bailee
Contempt
fence
46. 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.
'Prima Face'
Inadmissible
opinion evidence
Flammable liquid
47. To release a person arrested or imprisoned - on security being taken - for his/her appearance in court on a specified day and place.
Parties
Motion
bail
'Et Al'
48. Steet not primarily used for hrought traffic - that provides access to building or lots
mandamus
Alley
expert evidence
5th Amendment
49. Allows a landlord who prevails in an eviction suit to regain possession of the premises that were in dispute.
writ of possesion (Eviction)
Right of way
Malfeasance
Indigent/Pauper
50. 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.
rebuttal
Flammable liquid
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