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Police Legal Vocab
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. 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
Special mobile equipment
search warrant
Limitation
prosecutor
2. Citation issued after the original ciation usually directed to the sheriff or another county or directed to the defendant under another.
synergism
adjudication
malice
Alias Citation
3. Intent to commit an unlawful act or cause harm without legal justification or excuse.
Affiant
malice
'Et Al'
8th Amendment
4. Right to bear arms
2nd Amendment
preponderance of evidence
robbery
change of venue
5. 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
burglary
dactyloscopy
Business district
parole
6. 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
expert evidence
advancing prostitution
motive
Traffic control signal
7. Primary evidence - as distinguished from secondary evidence; the best and highest evidence of which the nature of the case is susceptible
Class 'B' dl
best evidence
Return
extortion - theft by
8. Portion of the highway - other than the shoulder.
Roadway
Traffic control signal
tort
Open fields
9. Any sign - signal - marking - or device that is placed lawfully and is used to regulate - warn - or guide traffic
Official traffic control device
'Et Seq'
bailiff
motive
10. To file a pleading (called a demurrer) admitting the truth of the facts in the complaint or answer - but contending
Roadway
negligence
9th Amendment
demur
11. Reduced speed zone to facilitate children going to and from school.
School crossing zone
Truck tractor
Parties
arraignment
12. The practical application of the scientific study of fingerprint comparisons and the classification of prints
1st amendment
Motor carrier
Motor Vehicle Searches
dactyloscopy
13. A motor vehicle used primarily as a farm implement.
voir dire
9th Amendment
Farm Tractor
14th Amendment
14. A motor vehicle designed to carry more than 10 or motor vehicle other than a cab
Bus
Alias Citation
4th Amendment
Parties
15. To run the hands quickly over another's person in search of weapons or contra ban; a 'pat down' search.
venue
Frisk
Fraud
9th Amendment
16. Area in roadway designaaed for exclusive pedestrian use. Mus have signage or markings
Safety Zone
Motor carrier
5th Amendment
venue
17. Evidence illegally obtained by police officers can-not be used against the accused in a criminal case. (Mapp v. Ohio)
Exclusionary Rule
false arrest
Pro Bono
9th Amendment
18. Right to bail - Protection from excessive fines - No cruel of unusual punishment
Jurisdiction Of County Courts
Motor carrier
amicus curiae
8th Amendment
19. Motor vehicle used to draw another vehicle. NOT MEANT TO CARRY A LOAD - OTHER HAN PART OF THE WEIGHT OF THE OTHER VEHICLERO
20ft
Truck
Truck tractor
equitable action
20. Giving or pronouncing a judgment or decree; also the judgment given.
30ft
adjudication
interrogatories
bail
21. The questioning of witnesses in a trial or in the taking of a deposition by the party opposed to the one who produced the witness
cross examination
Default Judgement
'Et Seq'
Capias
22. Is an affimative defense
Mistake of law
Writ Of Possesion (Non-Eviction)
Garishment
bailiff
23. This phrase - endorsed by a grand jury on an indictment - is equivalent to 'not found' or 'not a true bill'. It means that - in the opinion of the jury - evidence was insufficient to warrant the return of a formal charge.
negligence
embezzlement
no bill
probable cause
24. A term commonly used to denote the disagreement of one or more judges of a court with the decision of the majority
Class 'A' dl
'Ex Rel'
no bill
dissent
25. To collect - gather - take up - seize - or execute on monies - real - or personal property under a lwfully issued writ.
mistrial
School crossing zone
accessory
Levy
26. 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
Litter
accessory
Bus
feigned accomplice
27. An erroneous or invalid trial; a trial which can not stand in law because of lack of jurisdiction - wrong drawing of jurors - or disregard of some other fundamental requisite.
mistrial
'Et Ux'
Freeway main lane
Obscene
28. The release of a person from a penal institution prior to expiration of the maximum period of imprisonment; a conditional release from prison subject to return upon violation.
Court of Criminal Appeals
Traffic
parole
Through highway
29. A suit - litigation - or action - that is either civil or criminal
cause
Litter
synergism
Open fields
30. Proceedings held to determine wheter a person has violated a lawful court order and to set punishment if viloation is found.
fence
state's evidence
self-defense
Contempt
31. A person who brings an action; the party who complains or sues in a personal action and is so named on the record.
plaintiff
Habitual criminal
Open fields
Litter
32. Unoccupied -Undeveloped -Uncultivated
4th Amendment
negligence
Bus
Open fields
33. The predominate appeal of the matter taken as a whole is to a prurient interest in sexual conduct involving minors.
Obscene
Frisk
Affiant
3rd Amendment
34. 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.
Petition
indictment
magistrate
expunge
35. The fraudulent appropriation by a person for his/her own use or benefit of property or money entrusted to him/her by another
embezzlement
Petition
prosecutor
Statute
36. Oral or written statements made to the court presenting the claims and defenses of the parites
Pleadings
synergism
feigned accomplice
noxious substance
37. Private office or room of a judge
voir dire
chambers
indictment
Chattel
38. Written questions propounded by one party and served on an adversary - who must provide answers thereto under oath.
writ of possesion (Eviction)
Contempt
Garishment
interrogatories
39. A mandatory or prohibitive writ issued by a court.
Libel
Return
injunction
15ft
40. All persons concerned in the commission of a crime - whether they directly commit the act constituting the offense or aid in its commission or have advised and encouraged its commission - all persons counseling - advising - or encouraging children un
5th Amendment Trial
principles
tort
necessarily included offenses
41. Can't stop - stand - or park within how many ft. of a traffic control device thats on the side of the road?
default
bail bond
30ft
polygraph
42. An action Which may be brought for the purpose of restraining the threatened infliction of wrongs or personal injuries and the prevention of threatened illegal action
'In Rem'
equitable action
corroboration evidence
Fraud
43. Document filed by the plantiff with the clerk of the court that outlines the basis of the complaint - against the defendant.
Petition
Alley
Litter
felony
44. Manaul - electric - or mechanical device that directs traffic to stop and to proceed.
Traffic control signal
motive
chambers
Inventory
45. 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.
state's evidence
Levy
Writ Of Possesion (Non-Eviction)
Business district
46. In Re Gault
Urban district
default
verdict
6th Amendment trial
47. Any willful and unlawful use of force or violence upon the person of another
Shoulder
battery
Commercial Motor vehicle
self-defense
48. An instruction by the judge to the jury to return a specific verdict
Exclusionary Rule
amicus curiae
necessarily included offenses
directed verdict
49. Allows a landlord who prevails in an eviction suit to regain possession of the premises that were in dispute.
plaintiff
change of venue
writ of possesion (Eviction)
voir dire
50. And wife. The phrase was formely common in case names and legal documents invovling a husband and wife jointly.
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