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Police Legal Vocab
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1. Any unlawful physical restraint of another's liberty - whether in prison or in custody
incompetent evidence
false arrest
demur
decree
2. When an attorney works for client for no fee.
Daytime
Laned roadway
condemnation
Pro Bono
3. No force quarterly of soldiers - permitted only in war time and in accordance with the law.
due process
principles
magistrate
3rd Amendment
4. Can be pedestrians - ridden or herded animals or vehicles.
9th Amendment
Traffic
misfeasance
accessory
5. Tenn v. Garner
Roadway
accomplice
4th Amendment trial
Court of Criminal Appeals
6. RIGHT TO BE INDICTED BY A GRAND JURY - Notice of charges - Double jeopardy - Self Incrimination - Due Process - Reasonable reimbursement for property
Official traffic control device
negligence
5th Amendment
Obscene
7. Primary evidence - as distinguished from secondary evidence; the best and highest evidence of which the nature of the case is susceptible
'Ex Rel'
best evidence
6th amendment
corroboration evidence
8. To run the hands quickly over another's person in search of weapons or contra ban; a 'pat down' search.
malice
Business district
Frisk
riot
9. Evidence supplementary to that already given and tending to strengthen or confirm it
corroboration evidence
Right of way
Inventory
Statute
10. A pleading usually used by defendants in criminal cases - which literally means 'I will not contest it'.
nolo contendere
'Et Al'
false arrest
power of attorney
11. Original jurisdiction of all misdemeanors of which exclusive original jurisdiction is not given to teh justice court - and shall not exceed $500.
Motor carrier
Jurisdiction Of County Courts
Chattel
Litter
12. A deadly weapon; a long - heavy club usually carried by a law enforcement officer.
Highway or street
mandamus
default
nightstick
13. 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
4th Amendment trial
Dispose or dump
Return
14. 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.
Habitual criminal
9th Amendment
Jurisdiction Of County Courts
Through highway
15. To collect - gather - take up - seize - or execute on monies - real - or personal property under a lwfully issued writ.
adjudication
Levy
nolo contendere
Improved shoulder
16. 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
Statute
change of venue
Licencse Ineligibility
Official traffic control device
17. A receiver of stolen goods. typically This is someone who receives the stolen property for sale or distribution
cause
20ft
fence
'In Rem'
18. An injury or wrong committed - either with or without force - to the person or property of another
equitable action
forgery
allegation
tort
19. 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.
ordinance
extortion - theft by
mistrial
Bailee
20. Sheriff
Conservator Of Peace
nightstick
indictment
Class 'B' dl
21. Proceedings held to determine wheter a person has violated a lawful court order and to set punishment if viloation is found.
Contempt
6th Amendment trial
motor vehicle non-traffic accident
Frisk
22. Document filed by the plantiff with the clerk of the court that outlines the basis of the complaint - against the defendant.
Default Judgement
Statute
Inadmissible
Petition
23. Evidence illegally obtained by police officers can-not be used against the accused in a criminal case. (Mapp v. Ohio)
injunction
corroboration evidence
Flammable liquid
Exclusionary Rule
24. Sufficent to establish a fact or raise a presumption unless disproved or rebuted.
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25. And other persons. -Commonly used to include anyone associated the named defendant in reference to the matter before he court.
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26. In criminal practice - bringing a prisoner to the bar of the court to answer to a criminal charg
instruction
'Et Ux'
arraignment
interrogatories
27. Miranda v. Arizona
Bailee
no bill
Jurisdiction Of County Courts
5th Amendment Trial
28. Judgement entered by the court upon the failure of party to plead or appear at the appointed time.
6th Amendment
Business district
Default Judgement
Truck
29. 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
2nd Amendment
Truck tractor
best evidence
condemnation
30. In practice - the formal and unanimous decision or finding made by a jury - reported to the court - and accepted by it.
Freeway
verdict
Litter
recognizance
31. Place any type of litter on or in land/water
cross examination
Dispose or dump
opinion evidence
necessarily included offenses
32. A direction given by the judge to the jury concerning the law of the case.
instruction
1st Amendment trial
'In Rem'
voir dire
33. A crime of a graver nature than a misdemeanor. generally - an offense punishable by death or imprisonment in a penitentiary
felony
adjudication
Fraud
decree
34. And wife. The phrase was formely common in case names and legal documents invovling a husband and wife jointly.
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35. Manaul - electric - or mechanical device that directs traffic to stop and to proceed.
fair preponderance
Traffic control signal
voir dire
equitable action
36. The entering of a private or restricted premise with the intent to commit grand theft - petty theft - or a felony
recognizance
assault
Garishment
burglary
37. 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.
Parties
rebuttal
motive
mandamus
38. 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.
Motor Vehicle Searches
misfeasance
Park or parking
necessarily included offenses
39. Liquid that has a flash point of not more than 70 degrees
ordinance
crime
bind over
Flammable liquid
40. 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.
'Et Al'
Official Misconduct
mandamus
felony
41. Allows a landlord who prevails in an eviction suit to regain possession of the premises that were in dispute.
false arrest
Litter
writ of possesion (Eviction)
Official Misconduct
42. 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
Sequestration
prosecutor
Urban district
transcript
43. 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
Crosswalk
Daytime
change of venue
prosecutor
44. Evidence given by a competent witness - under oath; as distinguished from evidence derived from writings and other sources
incompetent evidence
testimony
Default Judgement
bind over
45. The persons who are actively concerned in the prosecution or defense of a legal proceeding.
rout
extortion - theft by
Parties
Traffic
46. Paved Shoulder
Improved shoulder
Through highway
negligence
crime
47. Intent to commit an unlawful act or cause harm without legal justification or excuse.
expunge
extradition
malice
5th Amendment
48. A decision or order of the court. a final decree is one which fully and finally disposes of the litigation; an interlocutory decree is a provisional or preliminary decree which is not final.
negligence
14th Amendment
Ethnicity
decree
49. The challenge which the prosecution or defense may use to reject a certain number of prospective jurors without assigning cause.
self-defense
Writ Of Possesion (Non-Eviction)
peremptory challenge
recognizance
50. A proceeding whereby property - money - or credits of a debtor - in possession of another (garnishee) - are applied to the debts of the debtor.
Garishment
accessory
interrogatories
Freeway main lane
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