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Police Legal Vocab
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1. Motor vehicle - primarily designed to transport property.
Roadway
Truck
noxious substance
Default Judgement
2. A person who has received two previous convictions on seperate felony charges. Such a person will be adjudged a habitual criminal and may be punishable by imprisionment in the state prison for life.
Habitual criminal
Through highway
Right of way
accessory
3. The act of physically destroying files - records - or information; for example - upon judicial order
certiorari
expunge
Injuction
5th Amendment
4. Evidence illegally obtained by police officers can-not be used against the accused in a criminal case. (Mapp v. Ohio)
Freeway main lane
Chattel
Exclusionary Rule
opinion evidence
5. 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
'Prima Face'
Contempt
feigned accomplice
Daytime
6. A suitor who - on account of poverty - is allowed to sue or defend without being chargable with cost
Indigent/Pauper
Motor Vehicle Searches
Motor carrier
Safety Zone
7. Oral or written statements made to the court presenting the claims and defenses of the parites
Open fields
magistrate
double jeopardy
Pleadings
8. Can be issued by a clerk of the court
opinion evidence
Capias
burglary
extradition
9. The challenge which the prosecution or defense may use to reject a certain number of prospective jurors without assigning cause.
peremptory challenge
cause
6th amendment
polygraph
10. No force quarterly of soldiers - permitted only in war time and in accordance with the law.
misfeasance
Fraud
demur
3rd Amendment
11. Sheriff
Conservator Of Peace
due process
crime
dactyloscopy
12. 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.
incompetent evidence
due process
Return
Pleadings
13. Common-law and constitutional prohibition against more than one prosecution of the same crime - transaction - or omission
'Et Seq'
certiorari
double jeopardy
Traffic control signal
14. A misdeed or trespass. The improper performance of some act which a person may lawfully do.
instruction
misfeasance
necessarily included offenses
fence
15. Giving or pronouncing a judgment or decree; also the judgment given.
1st amendment
adjudication
Daytime
writ of possesion (Eviction)
16. 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
double jeopardy
Shoulder
writ
motive
17. 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.
Nighttime
Trailer
Flashing yellow light
Frisk
18. 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.
probable cause
14th Amendment
Class 'B' dl
Official Misconduct
19. 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.
Pro Bono
Freeway
Petition
opinion evidence
20. A direction given by the judge to the jury concerning the law of the case.
6th Amendment trial
instruction
Licencse Ineligibility
riot
21. The protection of one's person or property against some injury attempted by another. The law of 'self-defense' justifies an act done in the reasonable belief of immediate danger. When acting in justifiable self-defense - a person may not be punished
assault
expert evidence
Truck
self-defense
22. 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.
demur
parole
2nd Amendment
Bicycle
23. Divided - controlled access highway
extradition
preponderance of evidence
felony
Freeway
24. A suit - litigation - or action - that is either civil or criminal
cause
Official traffic control device
corroboration evidence
'Et Ux'
25. Can't stop - stand - or park within how many ft. of a fire hydrate?
6th Amendment trial
15ft
Special mobile equipment
extradition
26. 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
accomplice
8th Amendment
advancing prostitution
dactyloscopy
27. The entering of a private or restricted premise with the intent to commit grand theft - petty theft - or a felony
burglary
nightstick
Sidewalk
demur
28. Document filed by the plantiff with the clerk of the court that outlines the basis of the complaint - against the defendant.
rout
Petition
Default Judgement
Business district
29. Duran v. City of Douglas - Az
recognizance
expunge
writ of possesion (Eviction)
1st Amendment trial
30. The change of a punishment from a greater degree to a lesser degree - as from death to life imprisonment
6th amendment
opinion evidence
injunction
commutation
31. Law in its regular course of administration through the courts of justice. the guarantee of due process requires that every person have the protection of a fair trial
expunge
nolo contendere
due process
Daytime
32. The right of one vehicle or pedestrian to proceed in a lawful manner in preference to another
adjudication
writ of possesion (Eviction)
bailiff
Right of way
33. 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.
4th Amendment trial
writ
rout
Statute
34. The felonious taking of personal property in the possession of another from his/her person or immediate presence and against his/her will - accomplished by means of force or fear.
Flashing yellow light
robbery
3rd Amendment
rebuttal
35. The commission of some act which is prohibited by law.
Malfeasance
polygraph
power of attorney
Highway or street
36. 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
Flammable liquid
dissent
Race
accessory
37. The practical application of the scientific study of fingerprint comparisons and the classification of prints
expert evidence
deposition
dactyloscopy
2nd Amendment
38. Value specified as the loaded weight of a combination or articulated vehicle
Default Judgement
Gross combination weight rating
Race
Class 'B' dl
39. An original writ commanding judges or officers of inferior courts to certify or to return records of proceedings in a cause for judicial review
certiorari
Capias
Ethnicity
Nighttime
40. Citation issued after the original ciation usually directed to the sheriff or another county or directed to the defendant under another.
parole
Truck
Exclusionary Rule
Alias Citation
41. 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
Inadmissible
embezzlement
extradition
recognizance
42. Person - at least 18 yrs. old - that has the job of directing traffic in school zone.
chambers
writ of possesion (Eviction)
Licencse Ineligibility
School Crossing guard
43. Manaul - electric - or mechanical device that directs traffic to stop and to proceed.
Traffic control signal
Contempt
motive
Bus
44. 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
Libel
Petition
cross examination
Exclusionary Rule
45. A pleading usually used by defendants in criminal cases - which literally means 'I will not contest it'.
nolo contendere
Residence district
Truck tractor
9th Amendment
46. A legislative enactment by a federal or state body of legislators - more frequently referred to as 'a law'
fence
Statute
Dispose or dump
venue
47. A public disorder or uprising. To constitute a riot - the object need not be unlawful - provided the acts are done in a manner calculated to inspire terror. The chief element in a riot is the use of force or violence to disturb public peace if accomp
Sequestration
due process
riot
Official Misconduct
48. Operate a vehicle with G.V.W.are of 26 -001 or more - Combo of vehicles 26 -001 or more towing more than 10000
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49. Land next to and even including a highway - if it is used for business purposes. Area described as being 600ft segment - has at least 300 ft of it along the highway set up for businesses
voir dire
Through highway
Business district
arraignment
50. A proceeding whereby one party to an action may be informed as to facts known by other parties or witnesses
Right of way
Race
discovery
change of venue
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