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Police Legal Vocab
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. A suitor who - on account of poverty - is allowed to sue or defend without being chargable with cost
Dispose or dump
Freeway
Alley
Indigent/Pauper
2. A proceeding whereby one party to an action may be informed as to facts known by other parties or witnesses
Flashing yellow light
5th Amendment
discovery
Gross combination weight rating
3. An injury or wrong committed - either with or without force - to the person or property of another
tort
30ft
nightstick
Class 'A' dl
4. 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
venue
burglary
Default Judgement
change of venue
5. That place where a person has his/her true and permanent home. a person may have several residences - but only one domicile
domicile
Daytime
noxious substance
injunction
6. A motor vehicle designed to carry more than 10 or motor vehicle other than a cab
Trailer
Inventory
prosecutor
Bus
7. The entering of a private or restricted premise with the intent to commit grand theft - petty theft - or a felony
burglary
30ft
Business district
embezzlement
8. The particular county - city - or geographic area in which a court with jurisdiction may hear and determine a case
state's evidence
misfeasance
venue
rout
9. To file a pleading (called a demurrer) admitting the truth of the facts in the complaint or answer - but contending
Affiant
demur
writ
Return
10. An article of personal property as distinguished from from real property.
accomplice
Chattel
arraignment
20ft
11. A preportory stage to a riot. A rout is necessary for a riot to occur. When a lawful assembly begins to move towards the execution of an unlawful propose - but before any acts of violence or disorder occur - a rout has been committed.
Safety Zone
rout
certiorari
Conservator Of Peace
12. It is recognized as an extension of the sidewalk and doesnt have to be marked on the roadway to be considered lawful.
Levy
polygraph
Traffic control signal
Crosswalk
13. Is a order signed by a proper magistrate directing a sheriff to recieve and place in jail.
incompetent evidence
Commitment
bail
fair preponderance
14. All persons concerned in the commission of a crime - whether they directly commit the act constituting the offense or aid in its commission or have advised and encouraged its commission - all persons counseling - advising - or encouraging children un
principles
directed verdict
Class 'B' dl
negligence
15. 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
6th amendment
malice
Chattel
16. The change of a punishment from a greater degree to a lesser degree - as from death to life imprisonment
'Ex Rel'
commutation
no bill
Licencse Ineligibility
17. Paved Shoulder
Affiant
extenuation circumstances
Improved shoulder
9th Amendment
18. The act of physically destroying files - records - or information; for example - upon judicial order
bailiff
expunge
Nighttime
Truck
19. 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.
no bill
'Et Ux'
'Et Seq'
'Ex Rel'
20. Is used to recover possession of rental property.
plaintiff
false arrest
3rd Amendment
Writ of possesion
21. Citation issued after the original ciation usually directed to the sheriff or another county or directed to the defendant under another.
Fraud
malice
4th Amendment
Alias Citation
22. Can be pedestrians - ridden or herded animals or vehicles.
rebuttal
Freeway main lane
Traffic
advancing prostitution
23. 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
5th Amendment
Business district
bailiff
chambers
24. Evidence which is not admissible under the established rules of evidence.
incompetent evidence
forgery
bind over
demur
25. Written or Oral application for a ruling or order from the court.
Motion
double jeopardy
Alias Citation
recognizance
26. In criminal practice - bringing a prisoner to the bar of the court to answer to a criminal charg
Highway or street
Dispose or dump
due process
arraignment
27. One who - under the direction of a law enforcement officer or upon his/her own initiative - pretends complicity in a crime in order to detect the perpetrator in an effort to prosecute such perpetrator. as such - there is no criminal intent on the par
principles
Writ of possesion
feigned accomplice
default
28. Unoccupied -Undeveloped -Uncultivated
felony
change of venue
Chattel
Open fields
29. To hold on bail for trial
transcript
extortion - theft by
riot
bind over
30. Sufficent to establish a fact or raise a presumption unless disproved or rebuted.
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31. Probable cause to search vehicle (Carroll v. U.S)
assault
writ of possesion (Eviction)
Motor Vehicle Searches
adjudication
32. Rights not mention retained by people
9th Amendment
Gross combination weight rating
commutation
interrogatories
33. An instruction by the judge to the jury to return a specific verdict
decree
certiorari
directed verdict
Return
34. Divided - controlled access highway
arraignment
Ethnicity
Freeway
deposition
35. Liquid that has a flash point of not more than 70 degrees
magistrate
Flammable liquid
Special mobile equipment
noxious substance
36. Powers not identified belong to the states.
10th Amendment
Litter
20ft
Exclusionary Rule
37. 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.
2nd Amendment
directed verdict
Park or parking
Writ Of Possesion (Non-Eviction)
38. Vehicle not designed to haul persons or property. O LESS THAN 40FT IN LENGTH.
equitable action
directed verdict
15ft
Special mobile equipment
39. To release a person arrested or imprisoned - on security being taken - for his/her appearance in court on a specified day and place.
bind over
Ethnicity
bail
School crossing zone
40. RIGHT TO BE INDICTED BY A GRAND JURY - Notice of charges - Double jeopardy - Self Incrimination - Due Process - Reasonable reimbursement for property
5th Amendment
motor vehicle non-traffic accident
expunge
incompetent evidence
41. Original jurisdiction of all misdemeanors of which exclusive original jurisdiction is not given to teh justice court - and shall not exceed $500.
Residence district
Return
6th amendment
Jurisdiction Of County Courts
42. 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.
Truck tractor
mistrial
Ethnicity
interrogatories
43. The official record of proceedings in a trial or hearing
writ of possesion (Eviction)
Flammable liquid
Farm Tractor
transcript
44. Shared culture and background - Shared language - religion and other culture patterns
synergism
preponderance of evidence
necessarily included offenses
Ethnicity
45. Against A Thing.
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46. Can't stop - stand - or park within how many ft. of a traffic control device thats on the side of the road?
assault
30ft
cause
Affiant
47. Manaul - electric - or mechanical device that directs traffic to stop and to proceed.
Traffic control signal
Writ of possesion
Levy
adjudication
48. An original writ commanding judges or officers of inferior courts to certify or to return records of proceedings in a cause for judicial review
Bailee
mistrial
certiorari
Freeway main lane
49. A court attendant whose duties are to keep order in the courtroom and to have custody of the jury
Freeway
bailiff
Libel
adjudication
50. To collect - gather - take up - seize - or execute on monies - real - or personal property under a lwfully issued writ.
Petition
Levy
rout
fair preponderance