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Police Legal Vocab
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. An instruction by the judge to the jury to return a specific verdict
transcript
venue
directed verdict
motive
2. RIGHT TO BE INDICTED BY A GRAND JURY - Notice of charges - Double jeopardy - Self Incrimination - Due Process - Reasonable reimbursement for property
principles
5th Amendment
14th Amendment
advancing prostitution
3. Divided - controlled access highway
Highway or street
'Ex Rel'
magistrate
Freeway
4. To release a person arrested or imprisoned - on security being taken - for his/her appearance in court on a specified day and place.
domicile
Licencse Ineligibility
bail
Frisk
5. It is recognized as an extension of the sidewalk and doesnt have to be marked on the roadway to be considered lawful.
voir dire
arraignment
Crosswalk
Inadmissible
6. A legislative enactment by a municipality (e.g.' local curfew - parking violations); a local law as opposed to a state statute.
Levy
Freeway
ordinance
malice
7. 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
power of attorney
cross examination
Through highway
Commercial Motor vehicle
8. Law in its regular course of administration through the courts of justice. the guarantee of due process requires that every person have the protection of a fair trial
decree
due process
domicile
venue
9. Intent to commit an unlawful act or cause harm without legal justification or excuse.
malice
Pleadings
indictment
Parties
10. Document filed by the plantiff with the clerk of the court that outlines the basis of the complaint - against the defendant.
Flashing yellow light
Petition
Farm Tractor
commutation
11. 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
Business district
School Crossing guard
Urban district
'Et Al'
12. Portion of a street that is in between the edge of the road and adjacent property line.
Frisk
felony
Sidewalk
extradition
13. Is an affimative defense
decree
embezzlement
Mistake of law
fence
14. By or on the relation of.
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15. Any substance capable of generating offensive - noxious - or suffocating fumes - gasses - or vapors.
Class 'A' dl
noxious substance
directed verdict
prosecutor
16. A 'person' that direct the operation of one or more vehicles that haul people or cargo.
1st amendment
Right of way
Bicycle
Motor carrier
17. To run the hands quickly over another's person in search of weapons or contra ban; a 'pat down' search.
Inadmissible
testimony
domicile
Frisk
18. 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.
transcript
commutation
parole
Frisk
19. Oral or written statements made to the court presenting the claims and defenses of the parites
Crosswalk
5th Amendment Trial
Pleadings
Through highway
20. Powers not identified belong to the states.
Urban district
expert evidence
10th Amendment
synergism
21. Right to bear arms
2nd Amendment
Class 'A' dl
polygraph
mandamus
22. An article of personal property as distinguished from from real property.
commutation
deposition
Chattel
probable cause
23. The surrender by one state to another of an individual accused or convicted of an offense outside its own territory and within the territorial jurisdiction of the other
fence
extradition
Habitual criminal
negligence
24. Any unlawful physical restraint of another's liberty - whether in prison or in custody
6th Amendment
corroboration evidence
Petition
false arrest
25. The official record of proceedings in a trial or hearing
Commercial Motor vehicle
tort
transcript
plaintiff
26. From 1/2 hour before sunrise - to 1/2 hour after sunset
principles
Daytime
misfeasance
Writ Of Possesion (Non-Eviction)
27. 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.
4th Amendment trial
Habitual criminal
'In Rem'
state's evidence
28. Detailed list of articles of assests containing a designation or description of each specific article.
5th Amendment
Nighttime
Inventory
malice
29. Temporary seizure or setting aside of specific to wich a party to a suit has claim of ownership.
Sequestration
Commercial Motor vehicle
condemnation
Court of Criminal Appeals
30. An instrument authorizing another to act as one's agent or attorney.
battery
Right of way
4th Amendment
power of attorney
31. Can be pedestrians - ridden or herded animals or vehicles.
Fraud
Traffic
brief
Official traffic control device
32. The fraudulent appropriation by a person for his/her own use or benefit of property or money entrusted to him/her by another
embezzlement
1st amendment
Bailee
Trailer
33. Area in roadway designaaed for exclusive pedestrian use. Mus have signage or markings
ordinance
Safety Zone
accessory
Flashing yellow light
34. Human power that has 2 wheel. It has to have at lease one wheel tat is a min. of 14' in.
Default Judgement
peremptory challenge
Bicycle
Daytime
35. The entering of a private or restricted premise with the intent to commit grand theft - petty theft - or a felony
Bus
burglary
Parties
Bailee
36. The assertion - declaration - or statement of a party to an action - made in a pleading - setting out what he/she expects to prove
Flammable liquid
ordinance
Obscene
allegation
37. Citizens of each state are also - citizens of the U.S. state governments must adhere to the U.S. Constitution.
commutation
'Ex Rel'
Obscene
14th Amendment
38. Testimony - given by an accomplice or participant in a crime - tending to convict others.
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39. Written questions propounded by one party and served on an adversary - who must provide answers thereto under oath.
directed verdict
Crosswalk
interrogatories
Conservator Of Peace
40. A highway that has PREFENTIAL RIGHT OF WAY in an intersection
state's evidence
plaintiff
Through highway
Return
41. Vehicle with or withour power - designes to be drwan and to transport persons or property: Constructed so that NO PART OF ITS WEIGHT AND LOAD RESTS ON THE MOTOR VEHICLE.
Motor carrier
dactyloscopy
demur
Trailer
42. Unoccupied -Undeveloped -Uncultivated
Open fields
fair preponderance
Motor Vehicle Searches
School Crossing guard
43. In criminal practice - bringing a prisoner to the bar of the court to answer to a criminal charg
'Et Seq'
Class 'B' dl
5th Amendment
arraignment
44. 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
Injuction
indictment
assault
45. 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
expert evidence
Limitation
Truck
principles
46. Is used to recover possession of rental property.
Writ of possesion
Race
Class 'B' dl
fence
47. Decayable waste (animal/vegetable) - Non-decayable/solid waste that consist of boxes -rubber - plastic - metal - etc.
magistrate
tort
Litter
Affiant
48. A crime of a graver nature than a misdemeanor. generally - an offense punishable by death or imprisonment in a penitentiary
Injuction
condemnation
felony
Alias Citation
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.
peremptory challenge
noxious substance
Licencse Ineligibility
Frisk
50. A certain time allowed by statute in which litigation must be brought.
negligence
Limitation
advancing prostitution
cross examination