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Police Legal Vocab
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Duran v. City of Douglas - Az
Business district
Litter
subpoena
1st Amendment trial
2. Divided - controlled access highway
Shoulder
Fraud
Contempt
Freeway
3. From 1/2 hour after sunset to 1/2 hour before sunrise.
Nighttime
Levy
Truck tractor
'Et Ux'
4. The right of one vehicle or pedestrian to proceed in a lawful manner in preference to another
Urban district
transcript
Right of way
testimony
5. Evidence supplementary to that already given and tending to strengthen or confirm it
Injuction
corroboration evidence
Jurisdiction Of County Courts
commutation
6. A legislative enactment by a federal or state body of legislators - more frequently referred to as 'a law'
prosecutor
Motor Vehicle Searches
Statute
Ethnicity
7. Powers not identified belong to the states.
Court of Criminal Appeals
mandamus
dactyloscopy
10th Amendment
8. Circumstances which render a crime less aggravated - heinous - or reprehensible than it would otherwise be
Flammable liquid
incompetent evidence
best evidence
extenuation circumstances
9. In criminal practice - bringing a prisoner to the bar of the court to answer to a criminal charg
arraignment
directed verdict
prosecutor
no bill
10. Evidence which is not admissible under the established rules of evidence.
Urban district
dactyloscopy
writ
incompetent evidence
11. 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
forgery
Urban district
Class 'B' dl
certiorari
12. 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.
commutation
accessory
decree
Jurisdiction Of County Courts
13. Evidence given by a competent witness - under oath; as distinguished from evidence derived from writings and other sources
testimony
Default Judgement
commutation
Indigent/Pauper
14. Written questions propounded by one party and served on an adversary - who must provide answers thereto under oath.
state's evidence
Mistake of law
interrogatories
dactyloscopy
15. A written or printed document prepared by counsel to file in court - usually setting forth both facts and law in support of the case
Daytime
necessarily included offenses
brief
Laned roadway
16. Value specified as the loaded weight of a combination or articulated vehicle
negligence
Jurisdiction Of County Courts
search warrant
Gross combination weight rating
17. In practice - the formal and unanimous decision or finding made by a jury - reported to the court - and accepted by it.
6th amendment
peremptory challenge
Inventory
verdict
18. 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
Sequestration
Flammable liquid
feigned accomplice
accessory
19. Area in roadway designaaed for exclusive pedestrian use. Mus have signage or markings
Traffic control signal
Safety Zone
Motion
6th Amendment trial
20. 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
decree
Alley
Levy
Business district
21. The entering of a private or restricted premise with the intent to commit grand theft - petty theft - or a felony
'Et Ux'
best evidence
Libel
burglary
22. Probable cause to search vehicle (Carroll v. U.S)
Exclusionary Rule
fair preponderance
Motor Vehicle Searches
Mistake of law
23. Person who swears to an affidavit or statement
Affiant
battery
Through highway
bailiff
24. Citation issued after the original ciation usually directed to the sheriff or another county or directed to the defendant under another.
expunge
cross examination
Return
Alias Citation
25. Final appeallate jurisdiction in penalty cases
Commitment
School crossing zone
Court of Criminal Appeals
synergism
26. No force quarterly of soldiers - permitted only in war time and in accordance with the law.
3rd Amendment
Motor carrier
bailiff
Petition
27. A term commonly used to denote the disagreement of one or more judges of a court with the decision of the majority
dissent
instruction
self-defense
extortion - theft by
28. Operate a vehicle with G.V.W.are of 26 -001 or more - Combo of vehicles 26 -001 or more towing more than 10000
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29. An instrument authorizing another to act as one's agent or attorney.
recognizance
power of attorney
self-defense
condemnation
30. 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
ordinance
Motor carrier
dissent
motive
31. Detailed list of articles of assests containing a designation or description of each specific article.
testimony
Inventory
probable cause
Litter
32. Rights not mention retained by people
writ
9th Amendment
Roadway
Malfeasance
33. Go thru only with caution
Injuction
Flashing yellow light
Motion
expert evidence
34. Any substance capable of generating offensive - noxious - or suffocating fumes - gasses - or vapors.
noxious substance
Freeway
School Crossing guard
expunge
35. Persons -Houses - papers - and effects from unreasonable searches and seizure - NO WARRANTS EXCEPT UPON PROBABLE CAUSE
Right of way
instruction
4th Amendment
writ of possesion (Eviction)
36. An unlawful attempt - coupled with a present ability - to commit a violent injury on the person of another
demur
1st amendment
interrogatories
assault
37. When an attorney works for client for no fee.
Sequestration
Pro Bono
Laned roadway
arraignment
38. 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.
Dispose or dump
indictment
Garishment
allegation
39. Giving or pronouncing a judgment or decree; also the judgment given.
commutation
3rd Amendment
Through highway
adjudication
40. Tenn v. Garner
4th Amendment trial
15ft
battery
Frisk
41. Every person who - after a felony has been committed - harbors - conceals - or aids a principal in such felony - with the intent that said principal may avoid or escape from arrest - trial - conviction - or punishment - having knowledge that said pri
accessory
Truck tractor
amicus curiae
2nd Amendment
42. A highway that has PREFENTIAL RIGHT OF WAY in an intersection
feigned accomplice
Through highway
Safety Zone
bail
43. Citizens of each state are also - citizens of the U.S. state governments must adhere to the U.S. Constitution.
Alley
power of attorney
2nd Amendment
14th Amendment
44. Place any type of litter on or in land/water
Obscene
6th amendment
extenuation circumstances
Dispose or dump
45. A deadly weapon; a long - heavy club usually carried by a law enforcement officer.
Pleadings
nightstick
Truck tractor
Park or parking
46. Freedom of religion - Freedom of speech - Freedom of the press - Freedom to peaceably assemble - Rights to grievances
1st amendment
Statute
crime
felony
47. The assertion - declaration - or statement of a party to an action - made in a pleading - setting out what he/she expects to prove
allegation
Laned roadway
Truck tractor
rebuttal
48. One of the lanes on the freeway
Park or parking
motor vehicle non-traffic accident
Freeway main lane
Open fields
49. An order or precept in writing - issued in the name of the people or of a court or judicial officer.
1st Amendment trial
Urban district
Default Judgement
writ
50. RIGHT TO BE INDICTED BY A GRAND JURY - Notice of charges - Double jeopardy - Self Incrimination - Due Process - Reasonable reimbursement for property
5th Amendment
commutation
2nd Amendment
Highway or street