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Police Legal Vocab
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Final appeallate jurisdiction in penalty cases
Inadmissible
Official Misconduct
Court of Criminal Appeals
injunction
2. The challenge which the prosecution or defense may use to reject a certain number of prospective jurors without assigning cause.
riot
voir dire
peremptory challenge
extradition
3. Common-law and constitutional prohibition against more than one prosecution of the same crime - transaction - or omission
Shoulder
double jeopardy
Jurisdiction Of County Courts
Roadway
4. To stand an occupied or unoccupied vehicle other than while loading or unloading
Right of way
Park or parking
Nighttime
fair preponderance
5. Person - at least 18 yrs. old - that has the job of directing traffic in school zone.
commutation
domicile
opinion evidence
School Crossing guard
6. In criminal practice - bringing a prisoner to the bar of the court to answer to a criminal charg
parole
Crosswalk
Levy
arraignment
7. 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.
Writ Of Possesion (Non-Eviction)
4th Amendment
testimony
Freeway main lane
8. Testimony - given by an accomplice or participant in a crime - tending to convict others.
9. Miranda v. Arizona
Sequestration
mandamus
5th Amendment Trial
Truck tractor
10. And wife. The phrase was formely common in case names and legal documents invovling a husband and wife jointly.
11. When an attorney works for client for no fee.
Pro Bono
allegation
Writ Of Possesion (Non-Eviction)
5th Amendment Trial
12. Person who swears to an affidavit or statement
motor vehicle non-traffic accident
feigned accomplice
due process
Affiant
13. 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.
necessarily included offenses
Garishment
parole
Bus
14. A suit - litigation - or action - that is either civil or criminal
incompetent evidence
cause
state's evidence
Frisk
15. Testimony given in relation to some scientific - technical - or professional matter by experts; i.e. - persons qualified to speak authoritatively by reason of their special training - skill - or familiarity with the subject
10th Amendment
negligence
expert evidence
'Et Seq'
16. 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
'Prima Face'
Special mobile equipment
due process
principles
17. Strip of land next to the highway - at least 300 ft long - that is improved and used primarily for residences.
writ
Chattel
deposition
Residence district
18. Any willful and unlawful use of force or violence upon the person of another
Roadway
battery
Pro Bono
necessarily included offenses
19. 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
Capias
15ft
1st Amendment trial
20. The legal process by which real estate of a private owner is taken for public use without his/her consent - but upon the award and payment of just compensation
Commercial Motor vehicle
Obscene
condemnation
Crosswalk
21. That which - under the established rules of evidence - cannot be admitted or received into a court of law.
false arrest
'Et Ux'
Writ of possesion
Inadmissible
22. One of the lanes on the freeway
cause
bail
Freeway main lane
fair preponderance
23. Persons -Houses - papers - and effects from unreasonable searches and seizure - NO WARRANTS EXCEPT UPON PROBABLE CAUSE
Shoulder
Trailer
4th Amendment
School crossing zone
24. 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
Habitual criminal
discovery
accessory
School Crossing guard
25. A motor vehicle designed to carry more than 10 or motor vehicle other than a cab
Motion
Bus
transcript
magistrate
26. Can be issued by a clerk of the court
Capias
'Et Seq'
demur
Gross combination weight rating
27. A legislative enactment by a federal or state body of legislators - more frequently referred to as 'a law'
Statute
extenuation circumstances
'Et Seq'
Commercial Motor vehicle
28. Speedy trial - Public trial - Unbiased jury - Knowledge of accusation/charge - Cross examine witnesses - obtain witnesses - Representation by an attorney
6th Amendment
Residence district
Commitment
Farm Tractor
29. An instrument authorizing another to act as one's agent or attorney.
Traffic control signal
Open fields
power of attorney
Shoulder
30. Temporary seizure or setting aside of specific to wich a party to a suit has claim of ownership.
bind over
assault
5th Amendment
Sequestration
31. To collect - gather - take up - seize - or execute on monies - real - or personal property under a lwfully issued writ.
discovery
Fraud
Levy
condemnation
32. The official record of proceedings in a trial or hearing
Freeway
corroboration evidence
transcript
instruction
33. The assertion - declaration - or statement of a party to an action - made in a pleading - setting out what he/she expects to prove
Truck
allegation
bailiff
Licencse Ineligibility
34. Judgement entered by the court upon the failure of party to plead or appear at the appointed time.
Default Judgement
14th Amendment
'In Rem'
Writ Of Possesion (Non-Eviction)
35. A suitor who - on account of poverty - is allowed to sue or defend without being chargable with cost
probable cause
Indigent/Pauper
6th amendment
fence
36. The commission of some act which is prohibited by law.
Indigent/Pauper
Malfeasance
domicile
Traffic control signal
37. Any substance capable of generating offensive - noxious - or suffocating fumes - gasses - or vapors.
magistrate
mandamus
noxious substance
fair preponderance
38. A highway that has PREFENTIAL RIGHT OF WAY in an intersection
Contempt
expunge
amicus curiae
Through highway
39. Reasonable grounds for supposing that a criminal charge is well-founded.
Petition
probable cause
venue
state's evidence
40. A legislative enactment by a municipality (e.g.' local curfew - parking violations); a local law as opposed to a state statute.
advancing prostitution
'Et Seq'
ordinance
Farm Tractor
41. Allows a landlord who prevails in an eviction suit to regain possession of the premises that were in dispute.
venue
felony
writ of possesion (Eviction)
Flammable liquid
42. An officer having power to issue a warrant for the arrest of a person charged with a public offense.
Fraud
Open fields
probable cause
magistrate
43. Intent to commit an unlawful act or cause harm without legal justification or excuse.
School Crossing guard
Motor carrier
fair preponderance
malice
44. 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
chambers
Pleadings
Capias
45. A mandatory or prohibitive writ issued by a court.
injunction
felony
recognizance
motor vehicle non-traffic accident
46. Right to an attorney during criminal proceedingis What amendment
corroboration evidence
6th amendment
Bus
Motion
47. To file a pleading (called a demurrer) admitting the truth of the facts in the complaint or answer - but contending
necessarily included offenses
Capias
crime
demur
48. 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
deposition
preponderance of evidence
8th Amendment
Exclusionary Rule
49. 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
6th Amendment
Fraud
extortion - theft by
Residence district
50. A misdeed or trespass. The improper performance of some act which a person may lawfully do.
power of attorney
misfeasance
Truck
directed verdict