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Police Legal Vocab
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. Greater weight of evidence - or evidence which is more credible and convincing to the mind - not necessarily the greater number of witnesses.
preponderance of evidence
negligence
Licencse Ineligibility
adjudication
2. Can't stop - stand - or park within how many ft. of a traffic control device thats on the side of the road?
30ft
negligence
demur
Libel
3. A direction given by the judge to the jury concerning the law of the case.
feigned accomplice
instruction
felony
false arrest
4. Can be pedestrians - ridden or herded animals or vehicles.
15ft
Traffic
Frisk
fair preponderance
5. A 'person' that direct the operation of one or more vehicles that haul people or cargo.
Motor carrier
certiorari
search warrant
expert evidence
6. 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.
extradition
motive
peremptory challenge
rebuttal
7. 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
Official Misconduct
power of attorney
Court of Criminal Appeals
extradition
8. Value specified as the loaded weight of a combination or articulated vehicle
Jurisdiction Of County Courts
Gross combination weight rating
burglary
Garishment
9. Right to bail - Protection from excessive fines - No cruel of unusual punishment
writ
Highway or street
Farm Tractor
8th Amendment
10. The commission of some act which is prohibited by law.
nightstick
rout
Malfeasance
default
11. 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
due process
Nighttime
Roadway
Laned roadway
12. Steet not primarily used for hrought traffic - that provides access to building or lots
School crossing zone
Exclusionary Rule
Alley
Right of way
13. Rights not mention retained by people
Bailee
Litter
power of attorney
9th Amendment
14. Freedom of religion - Freedom of speech - Freedom of the press - Freedom to peaceably assemble - Rights to grievances
1st amendment
writ
Default Judgement
Safety Zone
15. Any sign - signal - marking - or device that is placed lawfully and is used to regulate - warn - or guide traffic
Official traffic control device
power of attorney
dissent
School crossing zone
16. 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
deposition
Gross combination weight rating
bailiff
cross examination
17. A suitor who - on account of poverty - is allowed to sue or defend without being chargable with cost
'Et Al'
Malfeasance
Indigent/Pauper
'Prima Face'
18. Human power that has 2 wheel. It has to have at lease one wheel tat is a min. of 14' in.
4th Amendment trial
bail bond
commutation
Bicycle
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.
opinion evidence
3rd Amendment
6th Amendment trial
feigned accomplice
20. Is an affimative defense
Mistake of law
peremptory challenge
Ethnicity
'In Rem'
21. 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
Injuction
decree
expunge
prosecutor
22. 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.
Court of Criminal Appeals
Motor Vehicle Searches
mistrial
synergism
23. An instruction by the judge to the jury to return a specific verdict
'Ex Rel'
directed verdict
Truck
Truck tractor
24. Intent to commit an unlawful act or cause harm without legal justification or excuse.
Limitation
'Et Ux'
peremptory challenge
malice
25. 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
5th Amendment
condemnation
preponderance of evidence
26. Vehicle not designed to haul persons or property. O LESS THAN 40FT IN LENGTH.
commutation
1st amendment
Special mobile equipment
Chattel
27. 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
Parties
'In Rem'
mistrial
Urban district
28. Citation issued after the original ciation usually directed to the sheriff or another county or directed to the defendant under another.
Alias Citation
corroboration evidence
1st amendment
principles
29. Temporary seizure or setting aside of specific to wich a party to a suit has claim of ownership.
Class 'B' dl
Chattel
Sequestration
Right of way
30. Person who swears to an affidavit or statement
peremptory challenge
Affiant
14th Amendment
subpoena
31. 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
verdict
Dispose or dump
Residence district
advancing prostitution
32. The fraudulent appropriation by a person for his/her own use or benefit of property or money entrusted to him/her by another
4th Amendment
Writ Of Possesion (Non-Eviction)
fence
embezzlement
33. An article of personal property as distinguished from from real property.
incompetent evidence
extortion - theft by
bail bond
Chattel
34. A receiver of stolen goods. typically This is someone who receives the stolen property for sale or distribution
Residence district
Traffic control signal
fence
Race
35. Any motor vehicle accident occurring entirely at a place other than on a highway.
Writ of possesion
motor vehicle non-traffic accident
Chattel
power of attorney
36. An obligation signed by the accused - with his/her sureties - to secure his/her presence in court
Official traffic control device
Farm Tractor
Bus
bail bond
37. To hold on bail for trial
opinion evidence
bind over
recognizance
assault
38. Document filed by the plantiff with the clerk of the court that outlines the basis of the complaint - against the defendant.
cross examination
malice
Parties
Petition
39. Giving or pronouncing a judgment or decree; also the judgment given.
allegation
Sidewalk
adjudication
verdict
40. Is used to recover possession of rental property.
testimony
Through highway
Writ of possesion
Special mobile equipment
41. Paved Shoulder
Fraud
Improved shoulder
accessory
30ft
42. The assertion - declaration - or statement of a party to an action - made in a pleading - setting out what he/she expects to prove
allegation
malice
6th Amendment
felony
43. A legislative enactment by a federal or state body of legislators - more frequently referred to as 'a law'
Statute
Dispose or dump
corroboration evidence
instruction
44. In Re Gault
writ of possesion (Eviction)
6th Amendment trial
6th amendment
nightstick
45. 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
accomplice
instruction
transcript
deposition
46. That place where a person has his/her true and permanent home. a person may have several residences - but only one domicile
domicile
battery
recognizance
'Et Ux'
47. 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
Bus
crime
polygraph
preponderance of evidence
48. 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
Class 'A' dl
accessory
extortion - theft by
advancing prostitution
49. Duran v. City of Douglas - Az
'Et Ux'
15ft
recognizance
1st Amendment trial
50. 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.
noxious substance
Habitual criminal
Fraud
embezzlement