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Police Legal Vocab
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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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.
nightstick
arraignment
preponderance of evidence
Fraud
2. An instrument authorizing another to act as one's agent or attorney.
power of attorney
Jurisdiction Of County Courts
amicus curiae
feigned accomplice
3. One of the lanes on the freeway
Freeway main lane
adjudication
commutation
plaintiff
4. By or on the relation of.
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5. 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
polygraph
best evidence
4th Amendment trial
Race
6. Decayable waste (animal/vegetable) - Non-decayable/solid waste that consist of boxes -rubber - plastic - metal - etc.
crime
Litter
feigned accomplice
Official traffic control device
7. Intent to commit an unlawful act or cause harm without legal justification or excuse.
3rd Amendment
Right of way
Obscene
malice
8. A person who brings an action; the party who complains or sues in a personal action and is so named on the record.
advancing prostitution
3rd Amendment
plaintiff
Sidewalk
9. And other persons. -Commonly used to include anyone associated the named defendant in reference to the matter before he court.
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10. A receiver of stolen goods. typically This is someone who receives the stolen property for sale or distribution
no bill
fence
5th Amendment
Daytime
11. To run the hands quickly over another's person in search of weapons or contra ban; a 'pat down' search.
Frisk
Indigent/Pauper
'Et Ux'
1st Amendment trial
12. A public offense or wrong that is forbidden by law
subpoena
crime
30ft
Commitment
13. Document filed by the plantiff with the clerk of the court that outlines the basis of the complaint - against the defendant.
nightstick
magistrate
Chattel
Petition
14. Private office or room of a judge
Highway or street
chambers
Official traffic control device
Roadway
15. This phrase - endorsed by a grand jury on an indictment - is equivalent to 'not found' or 'not a true bill'. It means that - in the opinion of the jury - evidence was insufficient to warrant the return of a formal charge.
Habitual criminal
no bill
School crossing zone
Race
16. To release a person arrested or imprisoned - on security being taken - for his/her appearance in court on a specified day and place.
Affiant
arraignment
bail
Highway or street
17. An obligation signed by the accused - with his/her sureties - to secure his/her presence in court
due process
Jurisdiction Of County Courts
advancing prostitution
bail bond
18. 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
allegation
Petition
Urban district
Dispose or dump
19. Temporary seizure or setting aside of specific to wich a party to a suit has claim of ownership.
Garishment
bailiff
Sequestration
Commercial Motor vehicle
20. Portion of a street that is in between the edge of the road and adjacent property line.
Malfeasance
Litter
Sidewalk
Capias
21. Strip of land next to the highway - at least 300 ft long - that is improved and used primarily for residences.
Residence district
extenuation circumstances
writ of possesion (Eviction)
allegation
22. 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.
Libel
Bus
'Et Al'
Right of way
23. Motor vehicle - primarily designed to transport property.
expert evidence
nightstick
Truck
Statute
24. Evidence sufficient to convince the triers of fact that the party who has the burden of doing so has established its cause
fair preponderance
Open fields
bail
nightstick
25. To file a pleading (called a demurrer) admitting the truth of the facts in the complaint or answer - but contending
14th Amendment
Truck tractor
Petition
demur
26. 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.
brief
parole
bind over
transcript
27. The act of physically destroying files - records - or information; for example - upon judicial order
extortion - theft by
parole
double jeopardy
expunge
28. A court attendant whose duties are to keep order in the courtroom and to have custody of the jury
fair preponderance
20ft
bailiff
mandamus
29. Sufficent to establish a fact or raise a presumption unless disproved or rebuted.
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30. Testimony given in relation to some scientific - technical - or professional matter by experts; i.e. - persons qualified to speak authoritatively by reason of their special training - skill - or familiarity with the subject
6th Amendment
Farm Tractor
expert evidence
battery
31. The particular county - city - or geographic area in which a court with jurisdiction may hear and determine a case
Parties
Inadmissible
venue
dactyloscopy
32. Is a order signed by a proper magistrate directing a sheriff to recieve and place in jail.
Park or parking
Libel
Commitment
Freeway main lane
33. Place any type of litter on or in land/water
Petition
Exclusionary Rule
forgery
Dispose or dump
34. Persons -Houses - papers - and effects from unreasonable searches and seizure - NO WARRANTS EXCEPT UPON PROBABLE CAUSE
Frisk
4th Amendment
Pro Bono
Malfeasance
35. 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
Conservator Of Peace
advancing prostitution
Trailer
forgery
36. 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.
'Ex Rel'
prosecutor
Injuction
preponderance of evidence
37. Evidence which is not admissible under the established rules of evidence.
20ft
incompetent evidence
extradition
'Ex Rel'
38. The name of a writ which issues from a court of superior jurisdiction - directed to an inferior court - commanding the performance of a particular act.
mandamus
voir dire
riot
Writ Of Possesion (Non-Eviction)
39. Common-law and constitutional prohibition against more than one prosecution of the same crime - transaction - or omission
Through highway
15ft
cause
double jeopardy
40. From 1/2 hour before sunrise - to 1/2 hour after sunset
misfeasance
Business district
Daytime
fence
41. A 'person' that direct the operation of one or more vehicles that haul people or cargo.
Ethnicity
Chattel
Motor carrier
'Et Seq'
42. Circumstances which render a crime less aggravated - heinous - or reprehensible than it would otherwise be
Injuction
extenuation circumstances
Class 'B' dl
'In Rem'
43. Operate a vehicle with G.V.W.are of 26000 or more - Can't tow more than 10000 - unless its a farm trailer. then they can tow up to 20000
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44. 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
Writ of possesion
decree
double jeopardy
self-defense
45. Any sign - signal - marking - or device that is placed lawfully and is used to regulate - warn - or guide traffic
chambers
Official traffic control device
Flammable liquid
amicus curiae
46. The omission to do something which a reasonable person - guided by ordinary considerations - would do; or the doing of something with a reasonable and prudent person would not do.
negligence
Frisk
brief
Trailer
47. 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.
6th Amendment trial
ordinance
necessarily included offenses
subpoena
48. 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.
rout
Conservator Of Peace
Trailer
false arrest
49. Against A Thing.
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50. An accusation in writing found and presented by a grand jury - charging that a person therein named has done some act or been guilty of some omission which - by law - is a crime.
prosecutor
search warrant
Exclusionary Rule
indictment