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Police Legal Vocab
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Go thru only with caution
Writ Of Possesion (Non-Eviction)
bail
15ft
Flashing yellow light
2. When an attorney works for client for no fee.
necessarily included offenses
bailiff
ordinance
Pro Bono
3. To hold on bail for trial
corroboration evidence
Motion
bind over
Gross combination weight rating
4. A suit - litigation - or action - that is either civil or criminal
'In Rem'
cause
Default Judgement
Official traffic control device
5. And the following one or ones.
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6. An instrument used to record variations of several different body pulsations. The courts have not as yet agreed that the scientific principles of the polygraph - commonly called the lie detector - has crossed the line between the experimental and the
allegation
polygraph
venue
Traffic control signal
7. A receiver of stolen goods. typically This is someone who receives the stolen property for sale or distribution
Laned roadway
Alley
fence
Pro Bono
8. 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.
Farm Tractor
Return
opinion evidence
Roadway
9. Document filed by the plantiff with the clerk of the court that outlines the basis of the complaint - against the defendant.
Alias Citation
mistrial
Petition
Farm Tractor
10. 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.
Conservator Of Peace
Libel
directed verdict
adjudication
11. The right of one vehicle or pedestrian to proceed in a lawful manner in preference to another
Garishment
Right of way
extradition
riot
12. A legislative enactment by a federal or state body of legislators - more frequently referred to as 'a law'
feigned accomplice
Class 'A' dl
Statute
dissent
13. Human power that has 2 wheel. It has to have at lease one wheel tat is a min. of 14' in.
4th Amendment trial
false arrest
bail
Bicycle
14. Common-law and constitutional prohibition against more than one prosecution of the same crime - transaction - or omission
8th Amendment
extortion - theft by
double jeopardy
subpoena
15. 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
Urban district
writ of possesion (Eviction)
expunge
amicus curiae
16. Any sign - signal - marking - or device that is placed lawfully and is used to regulate - warn - or guide traffic
Statute
magistrate
Official traffic control device
power of attorney
17. Judgement entered by the court upon the failure of party to plead or appear at the appointed time.
Default Judgement
Mistake of law
ordinance
prosecutor
18. Miranda v. Arizona
5th Amendment Trial
Limitation
Roadway
8th Amendment
19. 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.
Freeway main lane
negligence
Traffic control signal
mistrial
20. RIGHT TO BE INDICTED BY A GRAND JURY - Notice of charges - Double jeopardy - Self Incrimination - Due Process - Reasonable reimbursement for property
Right of way
felony
Traffic control signal
5th Amendment
21. Evidence given by a competent witness - under oath; as distinguished from evidence derived from writings and other sources
testimony
Writ of possesion
negligence
decree
22. Can be pedestrians - ridden or herded animals or vehicles.
Alias Citation
Traffic
riot
bind over
23. Rights not mention retained by people
5th Amendment Trial
9th Amendment
Motor carrier
Return
24. Liquid that has a flash point of not more than 70 degrees
cross examination
principles
Flammable liquid
'Et Ux'
25. An article of personal property as distinguished from from real property.
Chattel
feigned accomplice
Petition
Through highway
26. Common Ancesry and physical characteristics
Race
Return
Freeway main lane
8th Amendment
27. The particular county - city - or geographic area in which a court with jurisdiction may hear and determine a case
incompetent evidence
venue
nolo contendere
extradition
28. Paved Shoulder
Improved shoulder
Jurisdiction Of County Courts
due process
certiorari
29. Proceedings held to determine wheter a person has violated a lawful court order and to set punishment if viloation is found.
parole
Contempt
Limitation
testimony
30. Written or Oral application for a ruling or order from the court.
Motion
Through highway
Pro Bono
Petition
31. The false making or material altering - with intent to defraud - of any writing which - if genuine - might be the foundation of a legal liability
forgery
Daytime
Trailer
Motion
32. 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
felony
motive
verdict
Malfeasance
33. Evidence supplementary to that already given and tending to strengthen or confirm it
corroboration evidence
decree
principles
discovery
34. Reasonable grounds for supposing that a criminal charge is well-founded.
Capias
necessarily included offenses
1st Amendment trial
probable cause
35. The entering of a private or restricted premise with the intent to commit grand theft - petty theft - or a felony
burglary
5th Amendment Trial
accomplice
Bicycle
36. Reduced speed zone to facilitate children going to and from school.
battery
mandamus
School crossing zone
Mistake of law
37. A term commonly used to denote the disagreement of one or more judges of a court with the decision of the majority
dissent
corroboration evidence
subpoena
due process
38. A friend of the court; one who interposes or volunteers information upon some matter of law
amicus curiae
Bus
nolo contendere
Residence district
39. 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
Gross combination weight rating
Capias
Urban district
40. 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
Litter
Libel
opinion evidence
cross examination
41. Testimony - given by an accomplice or participant in a crime - tending to convict others.
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42. A 'default' in an action of law occurs when a defendant fails to plead within the time allowed or fails to appear at the trial
30ft
Litter
default
School Crossing guard
43. Evidence which is not admissible under the established rules of evidence.
Sidewalk
Shoulder
incompetent evidence
recognizance
44. The assertion - declaration - or statement of a party to an action - made in a pleading - setting out what he/she expects to prove
allegation
Default Judgement
bailiff
due process
45. 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
'Prima Face'
accomplice
'Et Al'
46. A legislative enactment by a municipality (e.g.' local curfew - parking violations); a local law as opposed to a state statute.
ordinance
Limitation
adjudication
6th Amendment trial
47. Persons -Houses - papers - and effects from unreasonable searches and seizure - NO WARRANTS EXCEPT UPON PROBABLE CAUSE
Daytime
4th Amendment
Licencse Ineligibility
search warrant
48. The act of physically destroying files - records - or information; for example - upon judicial order
accomplice
testimony
expunge
Park or parking
49. A preportory stage to a riot. A rout is necessary for a riot to occur. When a lawful assembly begins to move towards the execution of an unlawful propose - but before any acts of violence or disorder occur - a rout has been committed.
assault
Ethnicity
rout
Contempt
50. The removal of a suit begun in one county or district to another for trial or from one court to another in the same county or district
Litter
4th Amendment
expunge
change of venue