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Police Legal Vocab
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Can't stop - stand - or park within how many ft. of crosswalk at an intersection?
fence
20ft
Traffic control signal
testimony
2. A legal document (process) signed by a judicial officer commanding a witness to appear and testify at a specific time and place
Writ of possesion
Licencse Ineligibility
subpoena
Bus
3. Common Ancesry and physical characteristics
Race
allegation
Jurisdiction Of County Courts
Contempt
4. To collect - gather - take up - seize - or execute on monies - real - or personal property under a lwfully issued writ.
Levy
Litter
Race
riot
5. 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.
decree
15ft
parole
Petition
6. 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
Flashing yellow light
Ethnicity
motive
7. The right of one vehicle or pedestrian to proceed in a lawful manner in preference to another
peremptory challenge
Inadmissible
Right of way
Farm Tractor
8. A Person who recieves personal property from another as a bailment.
injunction
Bailee
'Ex Rel'
adjudication
9. Shared culture and background - Shared language - religion and other culture patterns
Ethnicity
Nighttime
Urban district
motor vehicle non-traffic accident
10. By or on the relation of.
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11. Duran v. City of Douglas - Az
10th Amendment
6th Amendment trial
1st Amendment trial
Writ of possesion
12. A motor vehicle designed to carry more than 10 or motor vehicle other than a cab
incompetent evidence
Bus
Bailee
state's evidence
13. A. Served by an sheriff or constable B. Directs defendant to deliver possession of certain property to the officer - who the delivers the property to the person the court has directed.
4th Amendment
Writ Of Possesion (Non-Eviction)
Special mobile equipment
Exclusionary Rule
14. Unoccupied -Undeveloped -Uncultivated
mandamus
Open fields
School Crossing guard
Class 'A' dl
15. 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.
rebuttal
Traffic control signal
deposition
discovery
16. 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.
extradition
Dispose or dump
Trailer
accomplice
17. A proceeding whereby property - money - or credits of a debtor - in possession of another (garnishee) - are applied to the debts of the debtor.
Improved shoulder
Malfeasance
Garishment
Inventory
18. Portion of a street that is in between the edge of the road and adjacent property line.
recognizance
Sidewalk
Writ Of Possesion (Non-Eviction)
30ft
19. A suit - litigation - or action - that is either civil or criminal
prosecutor
bail bond
cause
Truck tractor
20. Vehicle not designed to haul persons or property. O LESS THAN 40FT IN LENGTH.
Petition
Right of way
Special mobile equipment
plaintiff
21. An unlawful attempt - coupled with a present ability - to commit a violent injury on the person of another
rout
decree
assault
8th Amendment
22. Rubbish - refuse - waste material - offal - paper - glass - cans - bottles - trash - debris - or any foreign substance of whatever kind or description and whether or not it is of value.
Litter
Alias Citation
verdict
Levy
23. The removal of a suit begun in one county or district to another for trial or from one court to another in the same county or district
rebuttal
Bicycle
riot
change of venue
24. The predominate appeal of the matter taken as a whole is to a prurient interest in sexual conduct involving minors.
Indigent/Pauper
Chattel
indictment
Obscene
25. An order or precept in writing - issued in the name of the people or of a court or judicial officer.
writ
embezzlement
Traffic control signal
false arrest
26. Any unlawful physical restraint of another's liberty - whether in prison or in custody
writ
false arrest
cause
6th Amendment
27. 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
Affiant
subpoena
advancing prostitution
Pleadings
28. To release a person arrested or imprisoned - on security being taken - for his/her appearance in court on a specified day and place.
bail
magistrate
brief
Race
29. In criminal practice - bringing a prisoner to the bar of the court to answer to a criminal charg
arraignment
Bicycle
power of attorney
Freeway main lane
30. The commission of some act which is prohibited by law.
Malfeasance
Urban district
deposition
nolo contendere
31. To stand an occupied or unoccupied vehicle other than while loading or unloading
Special mobile equipment
Park or parking
ordinance
5th Amendment
32. A public offense or wrong that is forbidden by law
crime
directed verdict
rebuttal
bail bond
33. 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.
5th Amendment
Class 'A' dl
Traffic control signal
Licencse Ineligibility
34. Giving or pronouncing a judgment or decree; also the judgment given.
Inadmissible
adjudication
self-defense
Highway or street
35. 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
dactyloscopy
Business district
Truck tractor
commutation
36. The assertion - declaration - or statement of a party to an action - made in a pleading - setting out what he/she expects to prove
4th Amendment
amicus curiae
condemnation
allegation
37. And other persons. -Commonly used to include anyone associated the named defendant in reference to the matter before he court.
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38. 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
Commercial Motor vehicle
6th Amendment trial
Trailer
bail bond
39. Decayable waste (animal/vegetable) - Non-decayable/solid waste that consist of boxes -rubber - plastic - metal - etc.
Litter
Truck tractor
Motor Vehicle Searches
venue
40. A mandatory or prohibitive writ issued by a court.
Garishment
amicus curiae
motive
injunction
41. That which - under the established rules of evidence - cannot be admitted or received into a court of law.
polygraph
incompetent evidence
Inadmissible
Indigent/Pauper
42. When an attorney works for client for no fee.
Flammable liquid
Pro Bono
bind over
Indigent/Pauper
43. And wife. The phrase was formely common in case names and legal documents invovling a husband and wife jointly.
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44. 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.
extradition
Habitual criminal
indictment
plaintiff
45. A proceeding whereby one party to an action may be informed as to facts known by other parties or witnesses
preponderance of evidence
discovery
Through highway
nolo contendere
46. 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.
bail bond
Trailer
Bicycle
Libel
47. To file a pleading (called a demurrer) admitting the truth of the facts in the complaint or answer - but contending
fair preponderance
demur
indictment
15ft
48. Tenn v. Garner
14th Amendment
5th Amendment Trial
4th Amendment trial
Flashing yellow light
49. Against A Thing.
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50. Right to bear arms
2nd Amendment
accessory
Class 'A' dl
felony