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Police Legal Vocab
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1. A court attendant whose duties are to keep order in the courtroom and to have custody of the jury
bailiff
Capias
condemnation
Residence district
2. That place where a person has his/her true and permanent home. a person may have several residences - but only one domicile
Contempt
condemnation
domicile
Flammable liquid
3. A written or printed document prepared by counsel to file in court - usually setting forth both facts and law in support of the case
bailiff
cross examination
brief
School crossing zone
4. 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
extortion - theft by
misfeasance
School Crossing guard
6th Amendment
5. Shared culture and background - Shared language - religion and other culture patterns
recognizance
demur
5th Amendment Trial
Ethnicity
6. Freedom of religion - Freedom of speech - Freedom of the press - Freedom to peaceably assemble - Rights to grievances
Farm Tractor
1st amendment
Gross combination weight rating
misfeasance
7. Greater weight of evidence - or evidence which is more credible and convincing to the mind - not necessarily the greater number of witnesses.
motive
preponderance of evidence
interrogatories
motor vehicle non-traffic accident
8. By or on the relation of.
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9. An article of personal property as distinguished from from real property.
Exclusionary Rule
Chattel
Commercial Motor vehicle
Through highway
10. 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.
Daytime
Nighttime
negligence
preponderance of evidence
11. A suit - litigation - or action - that is either civil or criminal
advancing prostitution
necessarily included offenses
cause
'In Rem'
12. Miranda v. Arizona
incompetent evidence
ordinance
5th Amendment Trial
Flammable liquid
13. Go thru only with caution
Class 'B' dl
certiorari
5th Amendment
Flashing yellow light
14. Value specified as the loaded weight of a combination or articulated vehicle
Gross combination weight rating
interrogatories
Sidewalk
Nighttime
15. 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
'Et Al'
battery
'Et Seq'
default
16. Evidence which is not admissible under the established rules of evidence.
demur
Injuction
incompetent evidence
'Et Ux'
17. 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.
advancing prostitution
Injuction
Freeway
Petition
18. Right to an attorney during criminal proceedingis What amendment
Business district
Truck tractor
power of attorney
6th amendment
19. Decayable waste (animal/vegetable) - Non-decayable/solid waste that consist of boxes -rubber - plastic - metal - etc.
battery
Litter
10th Amendment
tort
20. The act of physically destroying files - records - or information; for example - upon judicial order
5th Amendment
certiorari
20ft
expunge
21. 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.
'Prima Face'
chambers
mandamus
ordinance
22. Human power that has 2 wheel. It has to have at lease one wheel tat is a min. of 14' in.
Bicycle
Park or parking
Mistake of law
dissent
23. A pleading usually used by defendants in criminal cases - which literally means 'I will not contest it'.
discovery
Contempt
nolo contendere
injunction
24. In practice - the formal and unanimous decision or finding made by a jury - reported to the court - and accepted by it.
plaintiff
1st amendment
extortion - theft by
verdict
25. Place any type of litter on or in land/water
rebuttal
Dispose or dump
due process
14th Amendment
26. Evidence illegally obtained by police officers can-not be used against the accused in a criminal case. (Mapp v. Ohio)
Default Judgement
Right of way
Jurisdiction Of County Courts
Exclusionary Rule
27. To hold on bail for trial
School crossing zone
Class 'A' dl
bind over
polygraph
28. A friend of the court; one who interposes or volunteers information upon some matter of law
Roadway
Litter
amicus curiae
self-defense
29. The change of a punishment from a greater degree to a lesser degree - as from death to life imprisonment
Motor carrier
commutation
Commercial Motor vehicle
Capias
30. In Re Gault
Open fields
Park or parking
6th Amendment trial
feigned accomplice
31. Paved Shoulder
principles
Improved shoulder
adjudication
recognizance
32. The assertion - declaration - or statement of a party to an action - made in a pleading - setting out what he/she expects to prove
allegation
commutation
equitable action
Laned roadway
33. Roadway that is divided into at least 2 clearly marked lanes.
Laned roadway
Motion
voir dire
Bailee
34. Written questions propounded by one party and served on an adversary - who must provide answers thereto under oath.
interrogatories
Statute
misfeasance
forgery
35. Sheriff
nightstick
Conservator Of Peace
misfeasance
Sequestration
36. 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
School crossing zone
Shoulder
motive
cause
37. A person who brings an action; the party who complains or sues in a personal action and is so named on the record.
Obscene
School crossing zone
plaintiff
Safety Zone
38. Rights not mention retained by people
recognizance
9th Amendment
opinion evidence
extortion - theft by
39. The practical application of the scientific study of fingerprint comparisons and the classification of prints
dactyloscopy
Parties
cause
Limitation
40. Detailed list of articles of assests containing a designation or description of each specific article.
bind over
Inventory
Class 'B' dl
5th Amendment
41. A motor vehicle used primarily as a farm implement.
Truck
expert evidence
Farm Tractor
voir dire
42. 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.
Official Misconduct
Sidewalk
embezzlement
riot
43. 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.
1st amendment
Libel
necessarily included offenses
bailiff
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
Statute
self-defense
10th Amendment
Sequestration
45. Vehicle not designed to haul persons or property. O LESS THAN 40FT IN LENGTH.
Writ Of Possesion (Non-Eviction)
Ethnicity
Special mobile equipment
rebuttal
46. 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
indictment
Motor Vehicle Searches
cross examination
Right of way
47. Area in roadway designaaed for exclusive pedestrian use. Mus have signage or markings
Obscene
adjudication
Safety Zone
equitable action
48. To speak the truth. The phrase denoted the preliminary examination which the court may make of one presented as a witness or juror - as to his/her qualifications.
1st Amendment trial
Alias Citation
Motor carrier
voir dire
49. Circumstances which render a crime less aggravated - heinous - or reprehensible than it would otherwise be
feigned accomplice
chambers
extenuation circumstances
dactyloscopy
50. 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
extradition
cause
Dispose or dump
search warrant