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Police Legal Vocab

Subject : law
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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  • Match each statement with the correct term.
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This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. A receiver of stolen goods. typically This is someone who receives the stolen property for sale or distribution






2. An order or precept in writing - issued in the name of the people or of a court or judicial officer.






3. Endorsement by an officer upon a process stating what - where - when - why - how - and whom service and compliance of the commands within the process were made.






4. Place any type of litter on or in land/water






5. The practical application of the scientific study of fingerprint comparisons and the classification of prints






6. Can be issued by a clerk of the court






7. Any willful and unlawful use of force or violence upon the person of another






8. 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.






9. Right to an attorney during criminal proceedingis What amendment






10. Evidence illegally obtained by police officers can-not be used against the accused in a criminal case. (Mapp v. Ohio)






11. Shared culture and background - Shared language - religion and other culture patterns






12. And the following one or ones.

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13. A highway that has PREFENTIAL RIGHT OF WAY in an intersection






14. Can't stop - stand - or park within how many ft. of a traffic control device thats on the side of the road?






15. 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.






16. Common Ancesry and physical characteristics






17. A legislative enactment by a municipality (e.g.' local curfew - parking violations); a local law as opposed to a state statute.






18. Area in roadway designaaed for exclusive pedestrian use. Mus have signage or markings






19. Law in its regular course of administration through the courts of justice. the guarantee of due process requires that every person have the protection of a fair trial






20. A pleading usually used by defendants in criminal cases - which literally means 'I will not contest it'.






21. A certain time allowed by statute in which litigation must be brought.






22. 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






23. The persons who are actively concerned in the prosecution or defense of a legal proceeding.






24. The challenge which the prosecution or defense may use to reject a certain number of prospective jurors without assigning cause.






25. Written questions propounded by one party and served on an adversary - who must provide answers thereto under oath.






26. Motor vehicle used to draw another vehicle. NOT MEANT TO CARRY A LOAD - OTHER HAN PART OF THE WEIGHT OF THE OTHER VEHICLERO






27. Reasonable grounds for supposing that a criminal charge is well-founded.






28. 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






29. 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.






30. Any substance capable of generating offensive - noxious - or suffocating fumes - gasses - or vapors.






31. An instruction by the judge to the jury to return a specific verdict






32. When an attorney works for client for no fee.






33. Paved Shoulder






34. 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.






35. A legal document (process) signed by a judicial officer commanding a witness to appear and testify at a specific time and place






36. The assertion - declaration - or statement of a party to an action - made in a pleading - setting out what he/she expects to prove






37. 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.






38. 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.






39. The act of physically destroying files - records - or information; for example - upon judicial order






40. Private office or room of a judge






41. 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






42. Evidence supplementary to that already given and tending to strengthen or confirm it






43. In criminal practice - bringing a prisoner to the bar of the court to answer to a criminal charg






44. An unlawful attempt - coupled with a present ability - to commit a violent injury on the person of another






45. No force quarterly of soldiers - permitted only in war time and in accordance with the law.






46. Citizens of each state are also - citizens of the U.S. state governments must adhere to the U.S. Constitution.






47. That which - under the established rules of evidence - cannot be admitted or received into a court of law.






48. A person who brings an action; the party who complains or sues in a personal action and is so named on the record.






49. In Re Gault






50. 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.