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Police Legal Vocab

Subject : law
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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  • Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. Go thru only with caution






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






3. To hold on bail for trial






4. A suit - litigation - or action - that is either civil or criminal






5. And the following one or ones.

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6. 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






7. A receiver of stolen goods. typically This is someone who receives the stolen property for sale or distribution






8. Endorsement by an officer upon a process stating what - where - when - why - how - and whom service and compliance of the commands within the process were made.






9. Document filed by the plantiff with the clerk of the court that outlines the basis of the complaint - against the defendant.






10. 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.






11. The right of one vehicle or pedestrian to proceed in a lawful manner in preference to another






12. A legislative enactment by a federal or state body of legislators - more frequently referred to as 'a law'






13. Human power that has 2 wheel. It has to have at lease one wheel tat is a min. of 14' in.






14. Common-law and constitutional prohibition against more than one prosecution of the same crime - transaction - or omission






15. 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






16. Any sign - signal - marking - or device that is placed lawfully and is used to regulate - warn - or guide traffic






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






18. Miranda v. Arizona






19. 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.






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






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






22. Can be pedestrians - ridden or herded animals or vehicles.






23. Rights not mention retained by people






24. Liquid that has a flash point of not more than 70 degrees






25. An article of personal property as distinguished from from real property.






26. Common Ancesry and physical characteristics






27. The particular county - city - or geographic area in which a court with jurisdiction may hear and determine a case






28. Paved Shoulder






29. Proceedings held to determine wheter a person has violated a lawful court order and to set punishment if viloation is found.






30. Written or Oral application for a ruling or order from the court.






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






32. 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






33. Evidence supplementary to that already given and tending to strengthen or confirm it






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






35. The entering of a private or restricted premise with the intent to commit grand theft - petty theft - or a felony






36. Reduced speed zone to facilitate children going to and from school.






37. A term commonly used to denote the disagreement of one or more judges of a court with the decision of the majority






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






39. 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






40. 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






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

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42. 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






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






44. The assertion - declaration - or statement of a party to an action - made in a pleading - setting out what he/she expects to prove






45. 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.






46. A legislative enactment by a municipality (e.g.' local curfew - parking violations); a local law as opposed to a state statute.






47. Persons -Houses - papers - and effects from unreasonable searches and seizure - NO WARRANTS EXCEPT UPON PROBABLE CAUSE






48. The act of physically destroying files - records - or information; for example - upon judicial order






49. A preportory stage to a riot. A rout is necessary for a riot to occur. When a lawful assembly begins to move towards the execution of an unlawful propose - but before any acts of violence or disorder occur - a rout has been committed.






50. 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