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Police Legal Vocab
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Right to bail - Protection from excessive fines - No cruel of unusual punishment
8th Amendment
mandamus
double jeopardy
Petition
2. A legislative enactment by a municipality (e.g.' local curfew - parking violations); a local law as opposed to a state statute.
Fraud
Contempt
rebuttal
ordinance
3. Vehicle not designed to haul persons or property. O LESS THAN 40FT IN LENGTH.
polygraph
Crosswalk
Special mobile equipment
Writ Of Possesion (Non-Eviction)
4. An instrument authorizing another to act as one's agent or attorney.
power of attorney
5th Amendment
voir dire
forgery
5. Anyone under 15 Y.O.A - Anyone under 18 Y.O.A unless they comply with driver education training - Anyone proven to be addicted to certain substances.
Licencse Ineligibility
Indigent/Pauper
forgery
extradition
6. Original jurisdiction of all misdemeanors of which exclusive original jurisdiction is not given to teh justice court - and shall not exceed $500.
Licencse Ineligibility
Motor carrier
Jurisdiction Of County Courts
state's evidence
7. From 1/2 hour before sunrise - to 1/2 hour after sunset
Farm Tractor
Motor Vehicle Searches
Daytime
Fraud
8. A 'person' that direct the operation of one or more vehicles that haul people or cargo.
Parties
Truck
Motor carrier
search warrant
9. Motor vehicle used to draw another vehicle. NOT MEANT TO CARRY A LOAD - OTHER HAN PART OF THE WEIGHT OF THE OTHER VEHICLERO
10th Amendment
Truck tractor
voir dire
opinion evidence
10. Roadway that is divided into at least 2 clearly marked lanes.
due process
Ethnicity
Laned roadway
condemnation
11. To release a person arrested or imprisoned - on security being taken - for his/her appearance in court on a specified day and place.
prosecutor
bail
Levy
rebuttal
12. Oral or written statements made to the court presenting the claims and defenses of the parites
14th Amendment
Pleadings
battery
instruction
13. 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
crime
verdict
default
testimony
14. The commission of some act which is prohibited by law.
6th amendment
Malfeasance
crime
1st amendment
15. Evidence which is not admissible under the established rules of evidence.
Safety Zone
incompetent evidence
Litter
Highway or street
16. Portion of the highway - other than the shoulder.
negligence
domicile
Roadway
chambers
17. RIGHT TO BE INDICTED BY A GRAND JURY - Notice of charges - Double jeopardy - Self Incrimination - Due Process - Reasonable reimbursement for property
5th Amendment
Improved shoulder
fair preponderance
Crosswalk
18. Can't stop - stand - or park within how many ft. of a traffic control device thats on the side of the road?
self-defense
8th Amendment
Flammable liquid
30ft
19. A receiver of stolen goods. typically This is someone who receives the stolen property for sale or distribution
14th Amendment
Class 'A' dl
1st amendment
fence
20. 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.
mistrial
Residence district
'Et Ux'
Traffic
21. 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.
decree
robbery
deposition
Flammable liquid
22. 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
accessory
bail
Urban district
'Et Ux'
23. To run the hands quickly over another's person in search of weapons or contra ban; a 'pat down' search.
necessarily included offenses
expert evidence
Through highway
Frisk
24. 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.
School Crossing guard
necessarily included offenses
fair preponderance
bail
25. A deadly weapon; a long - heavy club usually carried by a law enforcement officer.
writ
Laned roadway
nightstick
adjudication
26. The legal process by which real estate of a private owner is taken for public use without his/her consent - but upon the award and payment of just compensation
condemnation
rout
extradition
Ethnicity
27. 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
Frisk
Class 'A' dl
28. 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.
Return
noxious substance
default
Official Misconduct
29. Sufficent to establish a fact or raise a presumption unless disproved or rebuted.
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30. Go thru only with caution
expert evidence
Flashing yellow light
bailiff
forgery
31. From 1/2 hour after sunset to 1/2 hour before sunrise.
5th Amendment Trial
Nighttime
change of venue
writ of possesion (Eviction)
32. Temporary seizure or setting aside of specific to wich a party to a suit has claim of ownership.
discovery
Garishment
interrogatories
Sequestration
33. 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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34. 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
mistrial
synergism
preponderance of evidence
35. Evidence given by a competent witness - under oath; as distinguished from evidence derived from writings and other sources
incompetent evidence
Return
forgery
testimony
36. Any sign - signal - marking - or device that is placed lawfully and is used to regulate - warn - or guide traffic
Farm Tractor
Official traffic control device
Laned roadway
indictment
37. Shared culture and background - Shared language - religion and other culture patterns
Statute
Freeway
Ethnicity
Farm Tractor
38. To collect - gather - take up - seize - or execute on monies - real - or personal property under a lwfully issued writ.
Mistake of law
Nighttime
burglary
Levy
39. Portion of a street that is in between the edge of the road and adjacent property line.
Sidewalk
Motion
extenuation circumstances
1st Amendment trial
40. Speedy trial - Public trial - Unbiased jury - Knowledge of accusation/charge - Cross examine witnesses - obtain witnesses - Representation by an attorney
1st amendment
Daytime
Flashing yellow light
6th Amendment
41. Strip of land next to the highway - at least 300 ft long - that is improved and used primarily for residences.
cross examination
Residence district
Dispose or dump
Ethnicity
42. A motor vehicle used primarily as a farm implement.
Levy
Farm Tractor
transcript
default
43. Area between the boundary lines/ right of way lines of a publicly maintained way - which is open to vehicular travel.
Sidewalk
injunction
Dispose or dump
Highway or street
44. 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
Bus
Urban district
discovery
Default Judgement
45. An instruction by the judge to the jury to return a specific verdict
Default Judgement
School crossing zone
directed verdict
state's evidence
46. A crime of a graver nature than a misdemeanor. generally - an offense punishable by death or imprisonment in a penitentiary
felony
nolo contendere
ordinance
testimony
47. Written or Oral application for a ruling or order from the court.
cross examination
Litter
amicus curiae
Motion
48. Evidence sufficient to convince the triers of fact that the party who has the burden of doing so has established its cause
fair preponderance
equitable action
Sidewalk
accessory
49. 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
8th Amendment
polygraph
Daytime
'Et Seq'
50. Allows a landlord who prevails in an eviction suit to regain possession of the premises that were in dispute.
6th Amendment
power of attorney
'Et Al'
writ of possesion (Eviction)