Test your basic knowledge |

Police Legal Vocab

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. A 'person' that direct the operation of one or more vehicles that haul people or cargo.






2. A person 'advances prostitution' when - acting other than as a prostitute or as a patron thereof - he/she knowingly causes or aids a person to engage in prostitution - procures or solicits patrons for prostitution - provides persons or promises for p






3. One who initiates the prosecution upon which an accused is arrested or who offers or presents an accusation against the party whom he/she suspects to be guilty; also - one who takes charge of a case and performs the functions of a trial lawyer for th






4. To collect - gather - take up - seize - or execute on monies - real - or personal property under a lwfully issued writ.






5. 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






6. Right to bail - Protection from excessive fines - No cruel of unusual punishment






7. 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






8. Greater weight of evidence - or evidence which is more credible and convincing to the mind - not necessarily the greater number of witnesses.






9. Place any type of litter on or in land/water






10. 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






11. When an attorney works for client for no fee.






12. Any substance capable of generating offensive - noxious - or suffocating fumes - gasses - or vapors.






13. A person who brings an action; the party who complains or sues in a personal action and is so named on the record.






14. Freedom of religion - Freedom of speech - Freedom of the press - Freedom to peaceably assemble - Rights to grievances






15. The name of a writ which issues from a court of superior jurisdiction - directed to an inferior court - commanding the performance of a particular act.






16. The predominate appeal of the matter taken as a whole is to a prurient interest in sexual conduct involving minors.






17. 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






18. 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


19. RIGHT TO BE INDICTED BY A GRAND JURY - Notice of charges - Double jeopardy - Self Incrimination - Due Process - Reasonable reimbursement for property






20. Evidence given by a competent witness - under oath; as distinguished from evidence derived from writings and other sources






21. Area in roadway designaaed for exclusive pedestrian use. Mus have signage or markings






22. Can't stop - stand - or park within how many ft. of crosswalk at an intersection?






23. Written questions propounded by one party and served on an adversary - who must provide answers thereto under oath.






24. Oral or written statements made to the court presenting the claims and defenses of the parites






25. Evidence which is not admissible under the established rules of evidence.






26. The commission of some act which is prohibited by law.






27. The false making or material altering - with intent to defraud - of any writing which - if genuine - might be the foundation of a legal liability






28. Steet not primarily used for hrought traffic - that provides access to building or lots






29. 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






30. Can be issued by a clerk of the court






31. 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


32. 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.






33. Primary evidence - as distinguished from secondary evidence; the best and highest evidence of which the nature of the case is susceptible






34. Reasonable grounds for supposing that a criminal charge is well-founded.






35. A proceeding whereby property - money - or credits of a debtor - in possession of another (garnishee) - are applied to the debts of the debtor.






36. A friend of the court; one who interposes or volunteers information upon some matter of law






37. Testimony - given by an accomplice or participant in a crime - tending to convict others.

Warning: Invalid argument supplied for foreach() in /var/www/html/basicversity.com/show_quiz.php on line 183


38. Private office or room of a judge






39. The practical application of the scientific study of fingerprint comparisons and the classification of prints






40. Final appeallate jurisdiction in penalty cases






41. Judgement entered by the court upon the failure of party to plead or appear at the appointed time.






42. Miranda v. Arizona






43. A direction given by the judge to the jury concerning the law of the case.






44. 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.






45. 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






46. Is used to recover possession of rental property.






47. To file a pleading (called a demurrer) admitting the truth of the facts in the complaint or answer - but contending






48. 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.






49. 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.






50. Can't stop - stand - or park within how many ft. of a traffic control device thats on the side of the road?