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Police Legal Vocab
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Roadway that is divided into at least 2 clearly marked lanes.
opinion evidence
Laned roadway
self-defense
Right of way
2. Where an offense cannot be accomplished without necessarily committing another offense - the latter is a necessarily included offense. For example - every battery includes an assault. Murder includes manslaughter.
Default Judgement
necessarily included offenses
Crosswalk
malice
3. A proceeding whereby one party to an action may be informed as to facts known by other parties or witnesses
Litter
felony
discovery
certiorari
4. Is a order signed by a proper magistrate directing a sheriff to recieve and place in jail.
directed verdict
search warrant
'Prima Face'
Commitment
5. A highway that has PREFENTIAL RIGHT OF WAY in an intersection
Through highway
deposition
writ of possesion (Eviction)
Levy
6. The right of one vehicle or pedestrian to proceed in a lawful manner in preference to another
4th Amendment trial
magistrate
Official Misconduct
Right of way
7. Person - at least 18 yrs. old - that has the job of directing traffic in school zone.
interrogatories
no bill
Motor Vehicle Searches
School Crossing guard
8. Liquid that has a flash point of not more than 70 degrees
Bicycle
necessarily included offenses
opinion evidence
Flammable liquid
9. Rights not mention retained by people
Sidewalk
9th Amendment
Inventory
decree
10. 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
mandamus
opinion evidence
expert evidence
extortion - theft by
11. An instruction by the judge to the jury to return a specific verdict
felony
directed verdict
Special mobile equipment
rebuttal
12. The assertion - declaration - or statement of a party to an action - made in a pleading - setting out what he/she expects to prove
allegation
recognizance
voir dire
nolo contendere
13. Unoccupied -Undeveloped -Uncultivated
Open fields
testimony
1st Amendment trial
commutation
14. Any sign - signal - marking - or device that is placed lawfully and is used to regulate - warn - or guide traffic
15ft
venue
Indigent/Pauper
Official traffic control device
15. 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.
Licencse Ineligibility
Commitment
'Et Ux'
crime
16. And other persons. -Commonly used to include anyone associated the named defendant in reference to the matter before he court.
17. The testimony of a witness not taken in open court - but in pursuance of authority given by statute or rule of court to take testimony elsewhere
Class 'A' dl
deposition
Gross combination weight rating
School Crossing guard
18. Evidence which is not admissible under the established rules of evidence.
incompetent evidence
Licencse Ineligibility
best evidence
Park or parking
19. Reasonable grounds for supposing that a criminal charge is well-founded.
1st amendment
peremptory challenge
probable cause
Bus
20. Tenn v. Garner
4th Amendment trial
Highway or street
riot
noxious substance
21. 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
Roadway
no bill
self-defense
'Prima Face'
22. Paved Shoulder
Alley
Improved shoulder
voir dire
Commitment
23. The practical application of the scientific study of fingerprint comparisons and the classification of prints
dactyloscopy
subpoena
Special mobile equipment
Levy
24. And wife. The phrase was formely common in case names and legal documents invovling a husband and wife jointly.
25. Probable cause to search vehicle (Carroll v. U.S)
Inadmissible
Motor Vehicle Searches
domicile
Improved shoulder
26. The act of physically destroying files - records - or information; for example - upon judicial order
best evidence
expunge
Alley
Court of Criminal Appeals
27. A 'person' that direct the operation of one or more vehicles that haul people or cargo.
allegation
Improved shoulder
Race
Motor carrier
28. A motor vehicle designed to carry more than 10 or motor vehicle other than a cab
accomplice
Bus
Through highway
adjudication
29. Against A Thing.
30. One who initiates the prosecution upon which an accused is arrested or who offers or presents an accusation against the party whom he/she suspects to be guilty; also - one who takes charge of a case and performs the functions of a trial lawyer for th
misfeasance
prosecutor
Pleadings
'In Rem'
31. In Re Gault
Dispose or dump
6th Amendment trial
cause
Alley
32. 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.
malice
Writ Of Possesion (Non-Eviction)
corroboration evidence
opinion evidence
33. 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.
Official Misconduct
Flashing yellow light
Business district
directed verdict
34. A legal document (process) signed by a judicial officer commanding a witness to appear and testify at a specific time and place
subpoena
Capias
Flashing yellow light
Exclusionary Rule
35. A legislative enactment by a municipality (e.g.' local curfew - parking violations); a local law as opposed to a state statute.
mistrial
false arrest
indictment
ordinance
36. The predominate appeal of the matter taken as a whole is to a prurient interest in sexual conduct involving minors.
polygraph
Safety Zone
Obscene
voir dire
37. To hold on bail for trial
5th Amendment
bind over
verdict
Litter
38. Evidence illegally obtained by police officers can-not be used against the accused in a criminal case. (Mapp v. Ohio)
Court of Criminal Appeals
Exclusionary Rule
1st amendment
3rd Amendment
39. Original jurisdiction of all misdemeanors of which exclusive original jurisdiction is not given to teh justice court - and shall not exceed $500.
feigned accomplice
Jurisdiction Of County Courts
8th Amendment
Malfeasance
40. And the following one or ones.
41. Go thru only with caution
riot
Flashing yellow light
'Et Al'
Licencse Ineligibility
42. Proceedings held to determine wheter a person has violated a lawful court order and to set punishment if viloation is found.
'Et Al'
Contempt
felony
Fraud
43. Portion of the highway - other than the shoulder.
crime
ordinance
Farm Tractor
Roadway
44. 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
extradition
Class 'B' dl
assault
recognizance
45. Divided - controlled access highway
decree
Ethnicity
Daytime
Freeway
46. Sheriff
verdict
Conservator Of Peace
Affiant
Park or parking
47. 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
Safety Zone
Special mobile equipment
'Et Ux'
48. 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.
Indigent/Pauper
Improved shoulder
demur
Habitual criminal
49. Steet not primarily used for hrought traffic - that provides access to building or lots
Writ Of Possesion (Non-Eviction)
Alley
Dispose or dump
testimony
50. Decayable waste (animal/vegetable) - Non-decayable/solid waste that consist of boxes -rubber - plastic - metal - etc.
'Et Al'
Litter
Obscene
Chattel