SUBJECTS
|
BROWSE
|
CAREER CENTER
|
POPULAR
|
JOIN
|
LOGIN
Business Skills
|
Soft Skills
|
Basic Literacy
|
Certifications
About
|
Help
|
Privacy
|
Terms
|
Email
Search
Test your basic knowledge |
Police Legal Vocab
Start Test
Study First
Subject
:
law
Instructions:
Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
If you are not ready to take this test, you can
study here
.
Match each statement with the correct term.
Don't refresh. All questions and answers are randomly picked and ordered every time you load a test.
This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. Paved Shoulder
Improved shoulder
Alley
Motor Vehicle Searches
bail
2. Motor vehicle - primarily designed to transport property.
decree
certiorari
Truck
necessarily included offenses
3. Go thru only with caution
Flashing yellow light
self-defense
Court of Criminal Appeals
dissent
4. Judgement entered by the court upon the failure of party to plead or appear at the appointed time.
'Prima Face'
20ft
Default Judgement
Roadway
5. Person - at least 18 yrs. old - that has the job of directing traffic in school zone.
School Crossing guard
battery
14th Amendment
Parties
6. Right to an attorney during criminal proceedingis What amendment
fence
Default Judgement
6th amendment
preponderance of evidence
7. From 1/2 hour after sunset to 1/2 hour before sunrise.
Truck tractor
felony
Nighttime
Class 'A' dl
8. Strip of land next to the highway - at least 300 ft long - that is improved and used primarily for residences.
Motion
Flammable liquid
condemnation
Residence district
9. 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
'Ex Rel'
extortion - theft by
necessarily included offenses
Jurisdiction Of County Courts
10. A proceeding whereby property - money - or credits of a debtor - in possession of another (garnishee) - are applied to the debts of the debtor.
embezzlement
15ft
Garishment
Freeway
11. Portion of a street that is in between the edge of the road and adjacent property line.
condemnation
recognizance
misfeasance
Sidewalk
12. 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
venue
Fraud
certiorari
13. The assertion - declaration - or statement of a party to an action - made in a pleading - setting out what he/she expects to prove
chambers
allegation
adjudication
Shoulder
14. Temporary seizure or setting aside of specific to wich a party to a suit has claim of ownership.
Garishment
Sequestration
arraignment
Libel
15. Divided - controlled access highway
Through highway
peremptory challenge
self-defense
Freeway
16. Evidence supplementary to that already given and tending to strengthen or confirm it
crime
corroboration evidence
state's evidence
14th Amendment
17. Liquid that has a flash point of not more than 70 degrees
Flammable liquid
Commercial Motor vehicle
tort
Writ of possesion
18. By or on the relation of.
Warning
: Invalid argument supplied for foreach() in
/var/www/html/basicversity.com/show_quiz.php
on line
183
19. Human power that has 2 wheel. It has to have at lease one wheel tat is a min. of 14' in.
Freeway
state's evidence
Bicycle
dissent
20. Area between the boundary lines/ right of way lines of a publicly maintained way - which is open to vehicular travel.
dissent
Inventory
Highway or street
10th Amendment
21. Any willful and unlawful use of force or violence upon the person of another
Sidewalk
battery
Litter
dissent
22. Reasonable grounds for supposing that a criminal charge is well-founded.
ordinance
Truck
probable cause
state's evidence
23. An instruction by the judge to the jury to return a specific verdict
Obscene
4th Amendment
synergism
directed verdict
24. The act of physically destroying files - records - or information; for example - upon judicial order
Bicycle
fair preponderance
Motion
expunge
25. An unlawful attempt - coupled with a present ability - to commit a violent injury on the person of another
Traffic
assault
false arrest
plaintiff
26. To run the hands quickly over another's person in search of weapons or contra ban; a 'pat down' search.
Through highway
battery
Frisk
Official Misconduct
27. The general class or type of property taken or the reason why the offense was committed. In crimes where property is taken - the motive will be the type of property taken. The specific type of property which the thief desired to acquire might include
malice
subpoena
testimony
motive
28. Decayable waste (animal/vegetable) - Non-decayable/solid waste that consist of boxes -rubber - plastic - metal - etc.
interrogatories
allegation
10th Amendment
Litter
29. Joint action of two separate drugs resulting in a total effect greater than the summed effects of both. For example - barbiturates are alcohol synergists - since the combined action of doses of alcohol and barbiturates (whoes additive effects would b
adjudication
synergism
transcript
Improved shoulder
30. The false making or material altering - with intent to defraud - of any writing which - if genuine - might be the foundation of a legal liability
cross examination
forgery
Licencse Ineligibility
misfeasance
31. To stand an occupied or unoccupied vehicle other than while loading or unloading
Through highway
20ft
Park or parking
Obscene
32. 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
Safety Zone
'Et Seq'
condemnation
principles
33. The persons who are actively concerned in the prosecution or defense of a legal proceeding.
5th Amendment
indictment
principles
Parties
34. A public disorder or uprising. To constitute a riot - the object need not be unlawful - provided the acts are done in a manner calculated to inspire terror. The chief element in a riot is the use of force or violence to disturb public peace if accomp
riot
instruction
Truck tractor
6th amendment
35. 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.
Statute
Licencse Ineligibility
Freeway main lane
change of venue
36. An instrument authorizing another to act as one's agent or attorney.
power of attorney
Habitual criminal
4th Amendment trial
5th Amendment
37. A suitor who - on account of poverty - is allowed to sue or defend without being chargable with cost
Petition
Traffic
Mistake of law
Indigent/Pauper
38. That place where a person has his/her true and permanent home. a person may have several residences - but only one domicile
adjudication
opinion evidence
Fraud
domicile
39. Evidence given by a competent witness - under oath; as distinguished from evidence derived from writings and other sources
testimony
incompetent evidence
Habitual criminal
subpoena
40. A highway that has PREFENTIAL RIGHT OF WAY in an intersection
Park or parking
venue
Through highway
Obscene
41. A term commonly used to denote the disagreement of one or more judges of a court with the decision of the majority
Traffic
motor vehicle non-traffic accident
dissent
Residence district
42. Common-law and constitutional prohibition against more than one prosecution of the same crime - transaction - or omission
Truck tractor
double jeopardy
bind over
nightstick
43. Testimony - given by an accomplice or participant in a crime - tending to convict others.
Warning
: Invalid argument supplied for foreach() in
/var/www/html/basicversity.com/show_quiz.php
on line
183
44. Manaul - electric - or mechanical device that directs traffic to stop and to proceed.
Traffic control signal
preponderance of evidence
no bill
Court of Criminal Appeals
45. A direction given by the judge to the jury concerning the law of the case.
Roadway
instruction
Commercial Motor vehicle
double jeopardy
46. And other persons. -Commonly used to include anyone associated the named defendant in reference to the matter before he court.
Warning
: Invalid argument supplied for foreach() in
/var/www/html/basicversity.com/show_quiz.php
on line
183
47. A person 'advances prostitution' when - acting other than as a prostitute or as a patron thereof - he/she knowingly causes or aids a person to engage in prostitution - procures or solicits patrons for prostitution - provides persons or promises for p
advancing prostitution
forgery
feigned accomplice
Safety Zone
48. That which - under the established rules of evidence - cannot be admitted or received into a court of law.
Inadmissible
1st amendment
Default Judgement
Shoulder
49. The commission of some act which is prohibited by law.
motive
Malfeasance
'Et Seq'
Business district
50. 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.
Right of way
Injuction
Class 'B' dl
bailiff