SUBJECTS
|
BROWSE
|
CAREER CENTER
|
POPULAR
|
JOIN
|
LOGIN
Business Skills
|
Soft Skills
|
Basic Literacy
|
Certifications
About
|
Help
|
Privacy
|
Terms
|
Email
Search
Test your basic knowledge |
Police Legal Vocab
Start Test
Study First
Subject
:
law
Instructions:
Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
If you are not ready to take this test, you can
study here
.
Match each statement with the correct term.
Don't refresh. All questions and answers are randomly picked and ordered every time you load a test.
This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. Any motor vehicle accident occurring entirely at a place other than on a highway.
testimony
15ft
Libel
motor vehicle non-traffic accident
2. An obligation signed by the accused - with his/her sureties - to secure his/her presence in court
necessarily included offenses
extortion - theft by
bail bond
default
3. The act of physically destroying files - records - or information; for example - upon judicial order
Sequestration
bind over
expunge
arraignment
4. Shared culture and background - Shared language - religion and other culture patterns
Open fields
bind over
Ethnicity
certiorari
5. Oral or written statements made to the court presenting the claims and defenses of the parites
Pro Bono
Pleadings
30ft
Indigent/Pauper
6. A term commonly used to denote the disagreement of one or more judges of a court with the decision of the majority
Inventory
dissent
Bailee
Alias Citation
7. Common Ancesry and physical characteristics
Petition
15ft
crime
Race
8. Divided - controlled access highway
mandamus
Freeway main lane
Freeway
dissent
9. A mandatory or prohibitive writ issued by a court.
injunction
School crossing zone
Jurisdiction Of County Courts
Malfeasance
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.
amicus curiae
Fraud
accomplice
extenuation circumstances
11. RIGHT TO BE INDICTED BY A GRAND JURY - Notice of charges - Double jeopardy - Self Incrimination - Due Process - Reasonable reimbursement for property
search warrant
5th Amendment
School Crossing guard
Indigent/Pauper
12. The predominate appeal of the matter taken as a whole is to a prurient interest in sexual conduct involving minors.
Writ of possesion
instruction
Obscene
bind over
13. 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
Improved shoulder
polygraph
Petition
8th Amendment
14. And wife. The phrase was formely common in case names and legal documents invovling a husband and wife jointly.
Warning
: Invalid argument supplied for foreach() in
/var/www/html/basicversity.com/show_quiz.php
on line
183
15. 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
Truck tractor
Mistake of law
deposition
Litter
16. Human power that has 2 wheel. It has to have at lease one wheel tat is a min. of 14' in.
Bicycle
Trailer
bail bond
Official traffic control device
17. Portion of the highway - other than the shoulder.
extortion - theft by
Roadway
decree
motor vehicle non-traffic accident
18. Right to bail - Protection from excessive fines - No cruel of unusual punishment
Obscene
8th Amendment
adjudication
crime
19. 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)
negligence
adjudication
Pleadings
20. An order or precept in writing - issued in the name of the people or of a court or judicial officer.
Indigent/Pauper
writ
Sequestration
condemnation
21. Can be issued by a clerk of the court
cross examination
Capias
5th Amendment Trial
Park or parking
22. Operate a vehicle with G.V.W.are of 26000 or more - Can't tow more than 10000 - unless its a farm trailer. then they can tow up to 20000
Warning
: Invalid argument supplied for foreach() in
/var/www/html/basicversity.com/show_quiz.php
on line
183
23. That place where a person has his/her true and permanent home. a person may have several residences - but only one domicile
Special mobile equipment
domicile
recognizance
Garishment
24. In practice - the formal and unanimous decision or finding made by a jury - reported to the court - and accepted by it.
2nd Amendment
Return
motor vehicle non-traffic accident
verdict
25. Judgement entered by the court upon the failure of party to plead or appear at the appointed time.
9th Amendment
self-defense
6th amendment
Default Judgement
26. It is recognized as an extension of the sidewalk and doesnt have to be marked on the roadway to be considered lawful.
Crosswalk
default
Statute
Inventory
27. Probable cause to search vehicle (Carroll v. U.S)
Motor Vehicle Searches
probable cause
Parties
Levy
28. Value specified as the loaded weight of a combination or articulated vehicle
Gross combination weight rating
Flammable liquid
Class 'A' dl
Inadmissible
29. Detailed list of articles of assests containing a designation or description of each specific article.
10th Amendment
advancing prostitution
Inventory
principles
30. 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
feigned accomplice
principles
change of venue
School crossing zone
31. Operate a vehicle with G.V.W.are of 26 -001 or more - Combo of vehicles 26 -001 or more towing more than 10000
Warning
: Invalid argument supplied for foreach() in
/var/www/html/basicversity.com/show_quiz.php
on line
183
32. A Person who recieves personal property from another as a bailment.
Special mobile equipment
equitable action
cause
Bailee
33. Persons -Houses - papers - and effects from unreasonable searches and seizure - NO WARRANTS EXCEPT UPON PROBABLE CAUSE
accomplice
Bicycle
4th Amendment
prosecutor
34. Final appeallate jurisdiction in penalty cases
6th amendment
Court of Criminal Appeals
extenuation circumstances
Alias Citation
35. The right of one vehicle or pedestrian to proceed in a lawful manner in preference to another
Garishment
decree
Right of way
4th Amendment
36. 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
Urban district
Sequestration
cross examination
misfeasance
37. A legislative enactment by a municipality (e.g.' local curfew - parking violations); a local law as opposed to a state statute.
Official Misconduct
5th Amendment Trial
ordinance
parole
38. Steet not primarily used for hrought traffic - that provides access to building or lots
malice
Alley
Urban district
battery
39. A pleading usually used by defendants in criminal cases - which literally means 'I will not contest it'.
Habitual criminal
search warrant
nolo contendere
burglary
40. Right to bear arms
Chattel
2nd Amendment
directed verdict
Official Misconduct
41. An obligation - before a court - to do a specific thing or incur a penalty of some kind; in lieu of bond - one is entrusted to appear before the court at a later date.
ordinance
recognizance
polygraph
cross examination
42. 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.
necessarily included offenses
indictment
default
certiorari
43. Liquid that has a flash point of not more than 70 degrees
Trailer
Flammable liquid
transcript
Motor carrier
44. A legislative enactment by a federal or state body of legislators - more frequently referred to as 'a law'
decree
Traffic
injunction
Statute
45. An article of personal property as distinguished from from real property.
Chattel
20ft
false arrest
amicus curiae
46. 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
false arrest
change of venue
nightstick
demur
47. The introduction of rebutting evidence; the showing that the statements of witnesses as to what occurred are not true; the stage of trial at which such evidence may be introduced.
Libel
5th Amendment Trial
peremptory challenge
rebuttal
48. And other persons. -Commonly used to include anyone associated the named defendant in reference to the matter before he court.
Warning
: Invalid argument supplied for foreach() in
/var/www/html/basicversity.com/show_quiz.php
on line
183
49. That which - under the established rules of evidence - cannot be admitted or received into a court of law.
Inadmissible
Flammable liquid
demur
fair preponderance
50. A suit - litigation - or action - that is either civil or criminal
cause
due process
6th Amendment trial
necessarily included offenses