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Police Legal Vocab
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. It is recognized as an extension of the sidewalk and doesnt have to be marked on the roadway to be considered lawful.
Crosswalk
subpoena
chambers
plaintiff
2. Probable cause to search vehicle (Carroll v. U.S)
search warrant
Ethnicity
Motor Vehicle Searches
Class 'A' dl
3. Unoccupied -Undeveloped -Uncultivated
Open fields
recognizance
default
false arrest
4. And the following one or ones.
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5. Portion of a highway next to the roadway - which is distinguished by design - consruction - or marking - Area not Intended for vehicle travel.
plaintiff
Truck tractor
Shoulder
3rd Amendment
6. From 1/2 hour before sunrise - to 1/2 hour after sunset
'In Rem'
30ft
'Ex Rel'
Daytime
7. Shared culture and background - Shared language - religion and other culture patterns
Motor Vehicle Searches
robbery
Ethnicity
peremptory challenge
8. Temporary seizure or setting aside of specific to wich a party to a suit has claim of ownership.
due process
Sequestration
peremptory challenge
nolo contendere
9. Place any type of litter on or in land/water
Dispose or dump
battery
Limitation
commutation
10. 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.
Shoulder
rebuttal
Freeway main lane
Court of Criminal Appeals
11. Divided - controlled access highway
Freeway
bind over
Residence district
Injuction
12. Can't stop - stand - or park within how many ft. of a traffic control device thats on the side of the road?
peremptory challenge
riot
Contempt
30ft
13. Citizens of each state are also - citizens of the U.S. state governments must adhere to the U.S. Constitution.
14th Amendment
Right of way
Libel
due process
14. 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.
Trailer
Residence district
search warrant
Capias
15. Persons -Houses - papers - and effects from unreasonable searches and seizure - NO WARRANTS EXCEPT UPON PROBABLE CAUSE
amicus curiae
'Et Al'
4th Amendment
Truck tractor
16. Common Ancesry and physical characteristics
Traffic
bail bond
cross examination
Race
17. Any willful and unlawful use of force or violence upon the person of another
necessarily included offenses
Freeway
Obscene
battery
18. Is a order signed by a proper magistrate directing a sheriff to recieve and place in jail.
Commitment
School crossing zone
commutation
motor vehicle non-traffic accident
19. A direction given by the judge to the jury concerning the law of the case.
15ft
Official traffic control device
instruction
indictment
20. A friend of the court; one who interposes or volunteers information upon some matter of law
Sidewalk
Official Misconduct
amicus curiae
verdict
21. The right of one vehicle or pedestrian to proceed in a lawful manner in preference to another
chambers
Motor carrier
14th Amendment
Right of way
22. In criminal practice - bringing a prisoner to the bar of the court to answer to a criminal charg
30ft
arraignment
Pro Bono
accomplice
23. Right to bear arms
instruction
Inadmissible
allegation
2nd Amendment
24. 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.
search warrant
Farm Tractor
Motor Vehicle Searches
Litter
25. Against A Thing.
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26. Tenn v. Garner
Farm Tractor
4th Amendment trial
directed verdict
Race
27. Oral or written statements made to the court presenting the claims and defenses of the parites
Pleadings
power of attorney
Traffic
expunge
28. 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
Motor carrier
condemnation
parole
Mistake of law
29. Strip of land next to the highway - at least 300 ft long - that is improved and used primarily for residences.
Right of way
'Et Seq'
discovery
Residence district
30. Giving or pronouncing a judgment or decree; also the judgment given.
bail
Residence district
adjudication
Fraud
31. Can't stop - stand - or park within how many ft. of crosswalk at an intersection?
Motor Vehicle Searches
Freeway main lane
fence
20ft
32. The protection of one's person or property against some injury attempted by another. The law of 'self-defense' justifies an act done in the reasonable belief of immediate danger. When acting in justifiable self-defense - a person may not be punished
6th Amendment trial
mistrial
self-defense
demur
33. A legal document (process) signed by a judicial officer commanding a witness to appear and testify at a specific time and place
verdict
allegation
Commitment
subpoena
34. Paved Shoulder
Statute
Improved shoulder
certiorari
negligence
35. A mandatory or prohibitive writ issued by a court.
injunction
probable cause
preponderance of evidence
crime
36. A 'person' that direct the operation of one or more vehicles that haul people or cargo.
Motor carrier
discovery
instruction
Exclusionary Rule
37. Powers not identified belong to the states.
10th Amendment
default
opinion evidence
testimony
38. Judgement entered by the court upon the failure of party to plead or appear at the appointed time.
nightstick
Limitation
allegation
Default Judgement
39. And other persons. -Commonly used to include anyone associated the named defendant in reference to the matter before he court.
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40. To speak the truth. The phrase denoted the preliminary examination which the court may make of one presented as a witness or juror - as to his/her qualifications.
instruction
voir dire
Default Judgement
feigned accomplice
41. Area between the boundary lines/ right of way lines of a publicly maintained way - which is open to vehicular travel.
1st amendment
Bus
Highway or street
cross examination
42. A legislative enactment by a municipality (e.g.' local curfew - parking violations); a local law as opposed to a state statute.
ordinance
Laned roadway
Affiant
'Prima Face'
43. 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.
robbery
amicus curiae
15ft
corroboration evidence
44. Written or Oral application for a ruling or order from the court.
verdict
Gross combination weight rating
nolo contendere
Motion
45. An unlawful attempt - coupled with a present ability - to commit a violent injury on the person of another
2nd Amendment
Highway or street
assault
Special mobile equipment
46. 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
Contempt
feigned accomplice
battery
subpoena
47. The change of a punishment from a greater degree to a lesser degree - as from death to life imprisonment
'Ex Rel'
5th Amendment Trial
Licencse Ineligibility
commutation
48. Evidence given by a competent witness - under oath; as distinguished from evidence derived from writings and other sources
testimony
misfeasance
certiorari
2nd Amendment
49. 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.
domicile
corroboration evidence
Writ Of Possesion (Non-Eviction)
robbery
50. One of the lanes on the freeway
mistrial
malice
corroboration evidence
Freeway main lane