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Police Legal Vocab
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1. Portion of a highway next to the roadway - which is distinguished by design - consruction - or marking - Area not Intended for vehicle travel.
instruction
Dispose or dump
Shoulder
Special mobile equipment
2. Is a order signed by a proper magistrate directing a sheriff to recieve and place in jail.
mistrial
principles
Commitment
fence
3. To file a pleading (called a demurrer) admitting the truth of the facts in the complaint or answer - but contending
prosecutor
demur
Habitual criminal
Official Misconduct
4. A person who brings an action; the party who complains or sues in a personal action and is so named on the record.
'In Rem'
certiorari
preponderance of evidence
plaintiff
5. A decision or order of the court. a final decree is one which fully and finally disposes of the litigation; an interlocutory decree is a provisional or preliminary decree which is not final.
Contempt
decree
School crossing zone
Flammable liquid
6. A mandatory or prohibitive writ issued by a court.
due process
expert evidence
1st Amendment trial
injunction
7. Manaul - electric - or mechanical device that directs traffic to stop and to proceed.
Traffic control signal
Flashing yellow light
5th Amendment Trial
advancing prostitution
8. In Re Gault
motive
Class 'A' dl
6th Amendment trial
Jurisdiction Of County Courts
9. The entering of a private or restricted premise with the intent to commit grand theft - petty theft - or a felony
burglary
Jurisdiction Of County Courts
Levy
mandamus
10. 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
nolo contendere
extortion - theft by
writ of possesion (Eviction)
Crosswalk
11. Can't stop - stand - or park within how many ft. of a fire hydrate?
forgery
misfeasance
15ft
Motion
12. 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
certiorari
Official traffic control device
6th amendment
13. Evidence supplementary to that already given and tending to strengthen or confirm it
search warrant
corroboration evidence
'In Rem'
mandamus
14. 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.
Official Misconduct
self-defense
amicus curiae
robbery
15. Citizens of each state are also - citizens of the U.S. state governments must adhere to the U.S. Constitution.
instruction
directed verdict
14th Amendment
Statute
16. Sufficent to establish a fact or raise a presumption unless disproved or rebuted.
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17. 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.
commutation
parole
Class 'B' dl
Default Judgement
18. 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.
20ft
Fraud
1st amendment
Improved shoulder
19. Testimony - given by an accomplice or participant in a crime - tending to convict others.
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20. And other persons. -Commonly used to include anyone associated the named defendant in reference to the matter before he court.
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21. When an attorney works for client for no fee.
Contempt
Pro Bono
Pleadings
6th amendment
22. A written or printed document prepared by counsel to file in court - usually setting forth both facts and law in support of the case
brief
Crosswalk
1st amendment
Writ of possesion
23. Primary evidence - as distinguished from secondary evidence; the best and highest evidence of which the nature of the case is susceptible
rout
best evidence
fence
burglary
24. Original jurisdiction of all misdemeanors of which exclusive original jurisdiction is not given to teh justice court - and shall not exceed $500.
cross examination
Jurisdiction Of County Courts
Inadmissible
certiorari
25. Duran v. City of Douglas - Az
1st Amendment trial
directed verdict
allegation
recognizance
26. 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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27. And the following one or ones.
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28. That place where a person has his/her true and permanent home. a person may have several residences - but only one domicile
search warrant
Trailer
domicile
default
29. Any substance capable of generating offensive - noxious - or suffocating fumes - gasses - or vapors.
condemnation
assault
corroboration evidence
noxious substance
30. Reasonable grounds for supposing that a criminal charge is well-founded.
demur
Inventory
probable cause
4th Amendment
31. A method of defamation expressed by print - writing - pictures - or signs. In its most general sense - any publication that is injurious to the reputation of another.
Ethnicity
Libel
search warrant
due process
32. Common-law and constitutional prohibition against more than one prosecution of the same crime - transaction - or omission
Libel
bail bond
double jeopardy
14th Amendment
33. A proceeding whereby property - money - or credits of a debtor - in possession of another (garnishee) - are applied to the debts of the debtor.
felony
Default Judgement
Capias
Garishment
34. Where an offense cannot be accomplished without necessarily committing another offense - the latter is a necessarily included offense. For example - every battery includes an assault. Murder includes manslaughter.
1st Amendment trial
necessarily included offenses
double jeopardy
Park or parking
35. 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.
'Et Seq'
transcript
opinion evidence
Crosswalk
36. 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.
no bill
Highway or street
misfeasance
mandamus
37. The persons who are actively concerned in the prosecution or defense of a legal proceeding.
Official traffic control device
30ft
Safety Zone
Parties
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
8th Amendment
Class 'B' dl
Urban district
Default Judgement
39. Is used to recover possession of rental property.
Writ of possesion
3rd Amendment
peremptory challenge
Nighttime
40. Intent to commit an unlawful act or cause harm without legal justification or excuse.
malice
Frisk
6th amendment
tort
41. 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
expunge
power of attorney
deposition
Libel
42. 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
10th Amendment
bind over
equitable action
bailiff
43. 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.
Traffic control signal
robbery
Chattel
Return
44. Document filed by the plantiff with the clerk of the court that outlines the basis of the complaint - against the defendant.
feigned accomplice
30ft
Petition
4th Amendment trial
45. A receiver of stolen goods. typically This is someone who receives the stolen property for sale or distribution
fence
Habitual criminal
motive
Race
46. The legal process by which real estate of a private owner is taken for public use without his/her consent - but upon the award and payment of just compensation
condemnation
nolo contendere
Alias Citation
synergism
47. Strip of land next to the highway - at least 300 ft long - that is improved and used primarily for residences.
Residence district
6th Amendment trial
state's evidence
Laned roadway
48. The false making or material altering - with intent to defraud - of any writing which - if genuine - might be the foundation of a legal liability
double jeopardy
Inventory
Bus
forgery
49. The fraudulent appropriation by a person for his/her own use or benefit of property or money entrusted to him/her by another
Alley
opinion evidence
necessarily included offenses
embezzlement
50. 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.
Litter
Trailer
mandamus
4th Amendment
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