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Police Legal Vocab
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law
Instructions:
Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. A suit - litigation - or action - that is either civil or criminal
cause
Mistake of law
Petition
Daytime
2. 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
self-defense
Injuction
Commercial Motor vehicle
double jeopardy
3. Detailed list of articles of assests containing a designation or description of each specific article.
testimony
Mistake of law
Inventory
self-defense
4. 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.
Exclusionary Rule
recognizance
nolo contendere
Indigent/Pauper
5. 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
riot
Malfeasance
crime
change of venue
6. Motor vehicle - primarily designed to transport property.
best evidence
verdict
Truck
Alias Citation
7. To run the hands quickly over another's person in search of weapons or contra ban; a 'pat down' search.
School crossing zone
extenuation circumstances
Frisk
15ft
8. Divided - controlled access highway
Alley
noxious substance
dissent
Freeway
9. 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
Official Misconduct
Urban district
1st Amendment trial
Obscene
10. 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.
Mistake of law
Motor Vehicle Searches
mistrial
Fraud
11. 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.
Truck tractor
robbery
Alley
Class 'B' dl
12. 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
Farm Tractor
testimony
principles
felony
13. Vehicle not designed to haul persons or property. O LESS THAN 40FT IN LENGTH.
extortion - theft by
Special mobile equipment
writ
battery
14. And the following one or ones.
15. 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
discovery
arraignment
negligence
extradition
16. 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
equitable action
self-defense
motor vehicle non-traffic accident
Truck tractor
17. 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
advancing prostitution
Indigent/Pauper
no bill
Highway or street
18. Miranda v. Arizona
5th Amendment Trial
no bill
Commitment
extenuation circumstances
19. Portion of the highway - other than the shoulder.
verdict
Roadway
motor vehicle non-traffic accident
Alley
20. Is a order signed by a proper magistrate directing a sheriff to recieve and place in jail.
'Ex Rel'
Traffic control signal
Commitment
extortion - theft by
21. Document filed by the plantiff with the clerk of the court that outlines the basis of the complaint - against the defendant.
interrogatories
Petition
Class 'A' dl
Park or parking
22. The persons who are actively concerned in the prosecution or defense of a legal proceeding.
writ
Open fields
double jeopardy
Parties
23. Place any type of litter on or in land/water
Traffic
Conservator Of Peace
Ethnicity
Dispose or dump
24. Proceedings held to determine wheter a person has violated a lawful court order and to set punishment if viloation is found.
cross examination
peremptory challenge
Special mobile equipment
Contempt
25. Intent to commit an unlawful act or cause harm without legal justification or excuse.
malice
Dispose or dump
Exclusionary Rule
6th amendment
26. A person who brings an action; the party who complains or sues in a personal action and is so named on the record.
Parties
opinion evidence
plaintiff
Writ of possesion
27. A decision or order of the court. a final decree is one which fully and finally disposes of the litigation; an interlocutory decree is a provisional or preliminary decree which is not final.
decree
3rd Amendment
transcript
noxious substance
28. An article of personal property as distinguished from from real property.
Chattel
Urban district
'Prima Face'
accessory
29. Strip of land next to the highway - at least 300 ft long - that is improved and used primarily for residences.
Residence district
Right of way
default
Sequestration
30. A direction given by the judge to the jury concerning the law of the case.
instruction
Open fields
Inadmissible
subpoena
31. Citizens of each state are also - citizens of the U.S. state governments must adhere to the U.S. Constitution.
Freeway main lane
14th Amendment
15ft
crime
32. Can't stop - stand - or park within how many ft. of a traffic control device thats on the side of the road?
Official traffic control device
verdict
Chattel
30ft
33. Portion of a street that is in between the edge of the road and adjacent property line.
Libel
2nd Amendment
Sidewalk
4th Amendment trial
34. 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
prosecutor
commutation
motive
5th Amendment Trial
35. 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.
forgery
discovery
Urban district
Habitual criminal
36. The particular county - city - or geographic area in which a court with jurisdiction may hear and determine a case
6th amendment
bind over
Motor Vehicle Searches
venue
37. Written questions propounded by one party and served on an adversary - who must provide answers thereto under oath.
Truck
bind over
'Et Seq'
interrogatories
38. 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
Business district
nolo contendere
Inventory
9th Amendment
39. Against A Thing.
40. Person - at least 18 yrs. old - that has the job of directing traffic in school zone.
bail bond
School Crossing guard
Motion
Open fields
41. Is used to recover possession of rental property.
necessarily included offenses
default
Writ of possesion
Motion
42. 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.
'Et Al'
rout
arraignment
condemnation
43. Circumstances which render a crime less aggravated - heinous - or reprehensible than it would otherwise be
Dispose or dump
extenuation circumstances
felony
'Et Al'
44. That which - under the established rules of evidence - cannot be admitted or received into a court of law.
9th Amendment
Court of Criminal Appeals
writ
Inadmissible
45. Commands the person to whom it is directed to desist or refrain from the commision or continuance of the act enjoined or to obey and execute such order as the court has seen proper to issue.
allegation
5th Amendment
Special mobile equipment
Injuction
46. Evidence given by a competent witness - under oath; as distinguished from evidence derived from writings and other sources
Official Misconduct
venue
testimony
accessory
47. A proceeding whereby one party to an action may be informed as to facts known by other parties or witnesses
indictment
discovery
Business district
writ
48. Testimony - given by an accomplice or participant in a crime - tending to convict others.
49. Common Ancesry and physical characteristics
Race
8th Amendment
noxious substance
best evidence
50. No force quarterly of soldiers - permitted only in war time and in accordance with the law.
3rd Amendment
Fraud
Petition
ordinance