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Police Legal Vocab
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. To run the hands quickly over another's person in search of weapons or contra ban; a 'pat down' search.
battery
bailiff
Frisk
motor vehicle non-traffic accident
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
state's evidence
injunction
motive
Urban district
3. Human power that has 2 wheel. It has to have at lease one wheel tat is a min. of 14' in.
Freeway main lane
allegation
Bicycle
voir dire
4. Reduced speed zone to facilitate children going to and from school.
Gross combination weight rating
Official traffic control device
School crossing zone
Nighttime
5. Citation issued after the original ciation usually directed to the sheriff or another county or directed to the defendant under another.
Alias Citation
extenuation circumstances
recognizance
mistrial
6. Freedom of religion - Freedom of speech - Freedom of the press - Freedom to peaceably assemble - Rights to grievances
1st amendment
negligence
forgery
mistrial
7. 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.
allegation
Licencse Ineligibility
Indigent/Pauper
equitable action
8. Temporary seizure or setting aside of specific to wich a party to a suit has claim of ownership.
Urban district
Writ Of Possesion (Non-Eviction)
search warrant
Sequestration
9. An order or precept in writing - issued in the name of the people or of a court or judicial officer.
forgery
15ft
writ
2nd Amendment
10. An intentional perversion of truth; deceitful practice or device resorted to with intent to deprive another of property or other right - or in some manner to do him/her injury.
motor vehicle non-traffic accident
bail bond
Fraud
Traffic
11. And wife. The phrase was formely common in case names and legal documents invovling a husband and wife jointly.
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12. Duran v. City of Douglas - Az
self-defense
1st Amendment trial
incompetent evidence
Frisk
13. The entering of a private or restricted premise with the intent to commit grand theft - petty theft - or a felony
bail
burglary
cause
14th Amendment
14. To stand an occupied or unoccupied vehicle other than while loading or unloading
Bus
Alias Citation
Park or parking
writ
15. 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
synergism
9th Amendment
Class 'A' dl
polygraph
16. An instrument authorizing another to act as one's agent or attorney.
power of attorney
arraignment
Race
malice
17. Right to an attorney during criminal proceedingis What amendment
condemnation
6th amendment
Flammable liquid
Motor carrier
18. Divided - controlled access highway
Freeway
injunction
domicile
Residence district
19. A direction given by the judge to the jury concerning the law of the case.
8th Amendment
Improved shoulder
instruction
Truck tractor
20. 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.
Litter
Shoulder
Libel
Business district
21. One of the lanes on the freeway
Freeway main lane
6th amendment
preponderance of evidence
Pro Bono
22. Evidence of what the witness thinks or believes in regard to facts in dispute - as distinguished from his/her personal knowledge of the facts; not admissible except (under certain limitations) in the case of experts.
opinion evidence
Truck tractor
Safety Zone
Pro Bono
23. Right to bail - Protection from excessive fines - No cruel of unusual punishment
Daytime
Mistake of law
8th Amendment
cause
24. Motor vehicle used to draw another vehicle. NOT MEANT TO CARRY A LOAD - OTHER HAN PART OF THE WEIGHT OF THE OTHER VEHICLERO
Truck tractor
Licencse Ineligibility
Parties
rout
25. Allows a landlord who prevails in an eviction suit to regain possession of the premises that were in dispute.
dissent
Truck
writ of possesion (Eviction)
Daytime
26. RIGHT TO BE INDICTED BY A GRAND JURY - Notice of charges - Double jeopardy - Self Incrimination - Due Process - Reasonable reimbursement for property
Chattel
Inadmissible
arraignment
5th Amendment
27. Original jurisdiction of all misdemeanors of which exclusive original jurisdiction is not given to teh justice court - and shall not exceed $500.
accessory
Bicycle
Jurisdiction Of County Courts
Laned roadway
28. Giving or pronouncing a judgment or decree; also the judgment given.
misfeasance
9th Amendment
adjudication
Highway or street
29. 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.
Highway or street
mandamus
mistrial
20ft
30. 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
feigned accomplice
Pleadings
Writ Of Possesion (Non-Eviction)
extortion - theft by
31. Unoccupied -Undeveloped -Uncultivated
amicus curiae
magistrate
Open fields
8th Amendment
32. 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
expunge
prosecutor
Conservator Of Peace
33. No force quarterly of soldiers - permitted only in war time and in accordance with the law.
Highway or street
15ft
3rd Amendment
amicus curiae
34. A crime of a graver nature than a misdemeanor. generally - an offense punishable by death or imprisonment in a penitentiary
'Et Al'
3rd Amendment
felony
negligence
35. Greater weight of evidence - or evidence which is more credible and convincing to the mind - not necessarily the greater number of witnesses.
preponderance of evidence
no bill
Litter
voir dire
36. A suitor who - on account of poverty - is allowed to sue or defend without being chargable with cost
demur
venue
Class 'B' dl
Indigent/Pauper
37. Private office or room of a judge
parole
chambers
probable cause
Residence district
38. The persons who are actively concerned in the prosecution or defense of a legal proceeding.
Parties
Bicycle
'Et Seq'
riot
39. 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.
8th Amendment
Writ Of Possesion (Non-Eviction)
Gross combination weight rating
synergism
40. Any unlawful physical restraint of another's liberty - whether in prison or in custody
'Et Al'
6th amendment
Crosswalk
false arrest
41. And the following one or ones.
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42. Area between the boundary lines/ right of way lines of a publicly maintained way - which is open to vehicular travel.
Highway or street
Traffic
expunge
opinion evidence
43. The official record of proceedings in a trial or hearing
embezzlement
transcript
felony
rebuttal
44. Roadway that is divided into at least 2 clearly marked lanes.
4th Amendment
accomplice
15ft
Laned roadway
45. 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.
nolo contendere
Improved shoulder
power of attorney
parole
46. Powers not identified belong to the states.
10th Amendment
opinion evidence
fair preponderance
9th Amendment
47. Portion of a street that is in between the edge of the road and adjacent property line.
change of venue
battery
mandamus
Sidewalk
48. 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.
Race
Urban district
adjudication
Trailer
49. The fraudulent appropriation by a person for his/her own use or benefit of property or money entrusted to him/her by another
power of attorney
Gross combination weight rating
embezzlement
Daytime
50. Speedy trial - Public trial - Unbiased jury - Knowledge of accusation/charge - Cross examine witnesses - obtain witnesses - Representation by an attorney
Truck tractor
Improved shoulder
6th Amendment
Obscene