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Police Legal Vocab
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. 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
equitable action
Sidewalk
14th Amendment
Court of Criminal Appeals
2. 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
9th Amendment
cause
3. 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
6th Amendment
1st Amendment trial
default
advancing prostitution
4. Rubbish - refuse - waste material - offal - paper - glass - cans - bottles - trash - debris - or any foreign substance of whatever kind or description and whether or not it is of value.
directed verdict
Litter
Indigent/Pauper
brief
5. The official record of proceedings in a trial or hearing
8th Amendment
Inadmissible
Commercial Motor vehicle
transcript
6. A certain time allowed by statute in which litigation must be brought.
malice
robbery
Flashing yellow light
Limitation
7. 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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8. 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
Roadway
Class 'B' dl
synergism
accessory
9. 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
Mistake of law
state's evidence
Indigent/Pauper
10. Any sign - signal - marking - or device that is placed lawfully and is used to regulate - warn - or guide traffic
bind over
15ft
Freeway main lane
Official traffic control device
11. 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
writ of possesion (Eviction)
bail bond
Parties
synergism
12. Any willful and unlawful use of force or violence upon the person of another
extradition
Sequestration
battery
assault
13. And other persons. -Commonly used to include anyone associated the named defendant in reference to the matter before he court.
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14. Reduced speed zone to facilitate children going to and from school.
battery
School crossing zone
Flashing yellow light
bind over
15. Original jurisdiction of all misdemeanors of which exclusive original jurisdiction is not given to teh justice court - and shall not exceed $500.
Frisk
Jurisdiction Of County Courts
no bill
Crosswalk
16. Strip of land next to the highway - at least 300 ft long - that is improved and used primarily for residences.
arraignment
Indigent/Pauper
Residence district
chambers
17. By or on the relation of.
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18. Shared culture and background - Shared language - religion and other culture patterns
equitable action
Habitual criminal
Ethnicity
Writ Of Possesion (Non-Eviction)
19. 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.
Injuction
double jeopardy
Litter
2nd Amendment
20. 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
30ft
Commitment
feigned accomplice
extortion - theft by
21. An article of personal property as distinguished from from real property.
decree
Chattel
Special mobile equipment
no bill
22. 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.
Traffic
Trailer
verdict
necessarily included offenses
23. One who knowingly - voluntarily and with common intent with a principal offender - unites in the commission of a crime
recognizance
interrogatories
Open fields
accomplice
24. 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
Licencse Ineligibility
interrogatories
extradition
plaintiff
25. To file a pleading (called a demurrer) admitting the truth of the facts in the complaint or answer - but contending
demur
Farm Tractor
Exclusionary Rule
condemnation
26. Common-law and constitutional prohibition against more than one prosecution of the same crime - transaction - or omission
assault
2nd Amendment
double jeopardy
rebuttal
27. Temporary seizure or setting aside of specific to wich a party to a suit has claim of ownership.
Conservator Of Peace
polygraph
battery
Sequestration
28. And the following one or ones.
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29. Citation issued after the original ciation usually directed to the sheriff or another county or directed to the defendant under another.
magistrate
malice
Official Misconduct
Alias Citation
30. Any substance capable of generating offensive - noxious - or suffocating fumes - gasses - or vapors.
Bailee
preponderance of evidence
noxious substance
nightstick
31. Person - at least 18 yrs. old - that has the job of directing traffic in school zone.
rout
Farm Tractor
rebuttal
School Crossing guard
32. Motor vehicle or a combination of - hat is used to haul people or property - that -Has gross combination weight rating of 26 -001 or more - including towed unit with G.V.W.are of more than 10000 pounds - Can haul 16 or more passengerss - (including d
Commercial Motor vehicle
false arrest
Contempt
prosecutor
33. 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.
Habitual criminal
injunction
Sequestration
principles
34. To collect - gather - take up - seize - or execute on monies - real - or personal property under a lwfully issued writ.
Alley
preponderance of evidence
Mistake of law
Levy
35. To stand an occupied or unoccupied vehicle other than while loading or unloading
Habitual criminal
interrogatories
Park or parking
rout
36. Written questions propounded by one party and served on an adversary - who must provide answers thereto under oath.
tort
chambers
interrogatories
expert evidence
37. Law in its regular course of administration through the courts of justice. the guarantee of due process requires that every person have the protection of a fair trial
interrogatories
10th Amendment
due process
Highway or street
38. Manaul - electric - or mechanical device that directs traffic to stop and to proceed.
4th Amendment
Traffic control signal
bind over
Gross combination weight rating
39. Private office or room of a judge
School crossing zone
Daytime
chambers
Injuction
40. Evidence given by a competent witness - under oath; as distinguished from evidence derived from writings and other sources
Licencse Ineligibility
Official Misconduct
Business district
testimony
41. 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.
certiorari
brief
deposition
mistrial
42. From 1/2 hour after sunset to 1/2 hour before sunrise.
Trailer
Nighttime
Capias
writ of possesion (Eviction)
43. Human power that has 2 wheel. It has to have at lease one wheel tat is a min. of 14' in.
domicile
Motion
battery
Bicycle
44. The challenge which the prosecution or defense may use to reject a certain number of prospective jurors without assigning cause.
Gross combination weight rating
peremptory challenge
Trailer
amicus curiae
45. 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.
no bill
Alley
extenuation circumstances
Bicycle
46. An obligation signed by the accused - with his/her sureties - to secure his/her presence in court
bail bond
venue
30ft
double jeopardy
47. A deadly weapon; a long - heavy club usually carried by a law enforcement officer.
Gross combination weight rating
nightstick
misfeasance
cause
48. 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
Race
Official Misconduct
polygraph
Open fields
49. Written or Oral application for a ruling or order from the court.
Commercial Motor vehicle
Statute
necessarily included offenses
Motion
50. 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
incompetent evidence
principles
riot
Litter