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Police Legal Vocab
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Detailed list of articles of assests containing a designation or description of each specific article.
Parties
Inventory
Writ of possesion
no bill
2. A misdeed or trespass. The improper performance of some act which a person may lawfully do.
injunction
Frisk
misfeasance
Motor Vehicle Searches
3. 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.
Fraud
negligence
30ft
Bicycle
4. By or on the relation of.
5. That place where a person has his/her true and permanent home. a person may have several residences - but only one domicile
domicile
Traffic control signal
Bailee
4th Amendment
6. The change of a punishment from a greater degree to a lesser degree - as from death to life imprisonment
commutation
Petition
1st amendment
search warrant
7. Area in roadway designaaed for exclusive pedestrian use. Mus have signage or markings
Safety Zone
Daytime
6th amendment
Flammable liquid
8. Can be pedestrians - ridden or herded animals or vehicles.
Alley
Traffic
Court of Criminal Appeals
'Ex Rel'
9. Any unlawful physical restraint of another's liberty - whether in prison or in custody
venue
brief
4th Amendment
false arrest
10. Vehicle not designed to haul persons or property. O LESS THAN 40FT IN LENGTH.
14th Amendment
Open fields
feigned accomplice
Special mobile equipment
11. A motor vehicle designed to carry more than 10 or motor vehicle other than a cab
Bus
indictment
tort
Licencse Ineligibility
12. To collect - gather - take up - seize - or execute on monies - real - or personal property under a lwfully issued writ.
Garishment
'Et Seq'
Levy
Litter
13. Any motor vehicle accident occurring entirely at a place other than on a highway.
Class 'B' dl
motor vehicle non-traffic accident
incompetent evidence
Frisk
14. Person - at least 18 yrs. old - that has the job of directing traffic in school zone.
Gross combination weight rating
10th Amendment
bailiff
School Crossing guard
15. 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.
discovery
rebuttal
corroboration evidence
Sidewalk
16. Proceedings held to determine wheter a person has violated a lawful court order and to set punishment if viloation is found.
5th Amendment
arraignment
advancing prostitution
Contempt
17. 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.
Litter
Fraud
14th Amendment
Pleadings
18. Primary evidence - as distinguished from secondary evidence; the best and highest evidence of which the nature of the case is susceptible
double jeopardy
best evidence
Bailee
Inadmissible
19. 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.
Libel
Frisk
instruction
Mistake of law
20. Manaul - electric - or mechanical device that directs traffic to stop and to proceed.
default
prosecutor
Fraud
Traffic control signal
21. Human power that has 2 wheel. It has to have at lease one wheel tat is a min. of 14' in.
Litter
Bicycle
bind over
principles
22. Testimony given in relation to some scientific - technical - or professional matter by experts; i.e. - persons qualified to speak authoritatively by reason of their special training - skill - or familiarity with the subject
tort
extradition
Business district
expert evidence
23. Giving or pronouncing a judgment or decree; also the judgment given.
Truck tractor
Open fields
adjudication
Jurisdiction Of County Courts
24. Powers not identified belong to the states.
10th Amendment
corroboration evidence
allegation
6th amendment
25. A legislative enactment by a municipality (e.g.' local curfew - parking violations); a local law as opposed to a state statute.
ordinance
Dispose or dump
felony
misfeasance
26. Portion of a highway next to the roadway - which is distinguished by design - consruction - or marking - Area not Intended for vehicle travel.
crime
writ of possesion (Eviction)
Shoulder
expunge
27. The right of one vehicle or pedestrian to proceed in a lawful manner in preference to another
15ft
1st amendment
Improved shoulder
Right of way
28. 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
3rd Amendment
School Crossing guard
interrogatories
self-defense
29. 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.
domicile
deposition
5th Amendment
robbery
30. Reasonable grounds for supposing that a criminal charge is well-founded.
assault
probable cause
search warrant
dissent
31. An order or precept in writing - issued in the name of the people or of a court or judicial officer.
Inventory
Business district
'Et Al'
writ
32. 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
Bus
Business district
Official Misconduct
equitable action
33. Divided - controlled access highway
Freeway
Shoulder
'Et Ux'
1st amendment
34. And wife. The phrase was formely common in case names and legal documents invovling a husband and wife jointly.
35. In criminal practice - bringing a prisoner to the bar of the court to answer to a criminal charg
arraignment
'Ex Rel'
felony
search warrant
36. Evidence sufficient to convince the triers of fact that the party who has the burden of doing so has established its cause
fair preponderance
instruction
due process
Race
37. An unlawful attempt - coupled with a present ability - to commit a violent injury on the person of another
deposition
accomplice
Right of way
assault
38. A friend of the court; one who interposes or volunteers information upon some matter of law
Bicycle
amicus curiae
Petition
'Prima Face'
39. A direction given by the judge to the jury concerning the law of the case.
'Et Al'
instruction
6th amendment
'Et Ux'
40. Citizens of each state are also - citizens of the U.S. state governments must adhere to the U.S. Constitution.
14th Amendment
10th Amendment
Frisk
Conservator Of Peace
41. Document filed by the plantiff with the clerk of the court that outlines the basis of the complaint - against the defendant.
preponderance of evidence
tort
Injuction
Petition
42. 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.
School Crossing guard
bailiff
Return
incompetent evidence
43. 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.
chambers
advancing prostitution
subpoena
Official Misconduct
44. 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.
School crossing zone
necessarily included offenses
Injuction
no bill
45. A public offense or wrong that is forbidden by law
principles
Gross combination weight rating
crime
peremptory challenge
46. Area between the boundary lines/ right of way lines of a publicly maintained way - which is open to vehicular travel.
peremptory challenge
Highway or street
Habitual criminal
negligence
47. A legislative enactment by a federal or state body of legislators - more frequently referred to as 'a law'
Improved shoulder
Statute
Limitation
writ
48. Evidence illegally obtained by police officers can-not be used against the accused in a criminal case. (Mapp v. Ohio)
Right of way
directed verdict
Exclusionary Rule
rebuttal
49. A court attendant whose duties are to keep order in the courtroom and to have custody of the jury
default
Statute
opinion evidence
bailiff
50. Any substance capable of generating offensive - noxious - or suffocating fumes - gasses - or vapors.
noxious substance
motive
Contempt
Frisk