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Police Legal Vocab
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Duran v. City of Douglas - Az
Improved shoulder
Injuction
2nd Amendment
1st Amendment trial
2. An officer having power to issue a warrant for the arrest of a person charged with a public offense.
Laned roadway
magistrate
Bailee
Farm Tractor
3. Can be pedestrians - ridden or herded animals or vehicles.
condemnation
Park or parking
Freeway main lane
Traffic
4. The fraudulent appropriation by a person for his/her own use or benefit of property or money entrusted to him/her by another
embezzlement
parole
motor vehicle non-traffic accident
double jeopardy
5. Roadway that is divided into at least 2 clearly marked lanes.
magistrate
Laned roadway
Obscene
bail bond
6. Operate a vehicle with G.V.W.are of 26000 or more - Can't tow more than 10000 - unless its a farm trailer. then they can tow up to 20000
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7. Joint action of two separate drugs resulting in a total effect greater than the summed effects of both. For example - barbiturates are alcohol synergists - since the combined action of doses of alcohol and barbiturates (whoes additive effects would b
battery
Frisk
voir dire
synergism
8. To hold on bail for trial
bind over
9th Amendment
Mistake of law
feigned accomplice
9. Motor vehicle used to draw another vehicle. NOT MEANT TO CARRY A LOAD - OTHER HAN PART OF THE WEIGHT OF THE OTHER VEHICLERO
Capias
amicus curiae
Flammable liquid
Truck tractor
10. 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.
writ of possesion (Eviction)
Commercial Motor vehicle
robbery
Dispose or dump
11. A public disorder or uprising. To constitute a riot - the object need not be unlawful - provided the acts are done in a manner calculated to inspire terror. The chief element in a riot is the use of force or violence to disturb public peace if accomp
chambers
Jurisdiction Of County Courts
riot
Exclusionary Rule
12. In Re Gault
Safety Zone
transcript
Alley
6th Amendment trial
13. Evidence of what the witness thinks or believes in regard to facts in dispute - as distinguished from his/her personal knowledge of the facts; not admissible except (under certain limitations) in the case of experts.
5th Amendment Trial
chambers
Class 'B' dl
opinion evidence
14. Portion of the highway - other than the shoulder.
rout
double jeopardy
Roadway
6th Amendment trial
15. An article of personal property as distinguished from from real property.
Through highway
Right of way
Habitual criminal
Chattel
16. An obligation - before a court - to do a specific thing or incur a penalty of some kind; in lieu of bond - one is entrusted to appear before the court at a later date.
recognizance
riot
'Ex Rel'
Parties
17. Document filed by the plantiff with the clerk of the court that outlines the basis of the complaint - against the defendant.
Petition
synergism
plaintiff
power of attorney
18. The predominate appeal of the matter taken as a whole is to a prurient interest in sexual conduct involving minors.
Obscene
Traffic
incompetent evidence
Bailee
19. Any unlawful physical restraint of another's liberty - whether in prison or in custody
writ of possesion (Eviction)
Right of way
false arrest
bailiff
20. From 1/2 hour after sunset to 1/2 hour before sunrise.
Nighttime
Through highway
Licencse Ineligibility
Litter
21. 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.
rout
Freeway main lane
chambers
accessory
22. A legislative enactment by a municipality (e.g.' local curfew - parking violations); a local law as opposed to a state statute.
Freeway
Inadmissible
Exclusionary Rule
ordinance
23. Any substance capable of generating offensive - noxious - or suffocating fumes - gasses - or vapors.
Special mobile equipment
1st amendment
Exclusionary Rule
noxious substance
24. Divided - controlled access highway
2nd Amendment
School Crossing guard
Freeway
fair preponderance
25. 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.
decree
battery
plaintiff
Special mobile equipment
26. The right of one vehicle or pedestrian to proceed in a lawful manner in preference to another
6th Amendment
Mistake of law
demur
Right of way
27. 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.
Motor Vehicle Searches
Litter
equitable action
polygraph
28. 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.
Writ Of Possesion (Non-Eviction)
discovery
Sidewalk
recognizance
29. A pleading usually used by defendants in criminal cases - which literally means 'I will not contest it'.
nolo contendere
power of attorney
testimony
double jeopardy
30. Sheriff
dissent
Conservator Of Peace
ordinance
verdict
31. In criminal practice - bringing a prisoner to the bar of the court to answer to a criminal charg
nolo contendere
arraignment
4th Amendment trial
30ft
32. A suit - litigation - or action - that is either civil or criminal
misfeasance
cause
Truck tractor
writ
33. Operate a vehicle with G.V.W.are of 26 -001 or more - Combo of vehicles 26 -001 or more towing more than 10000
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34. Testimony - given by an accomplice or participant in a crime - tending to convict others.
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35. An injury or wrong committed - either with or without force - to the person or property of another
indictment
tort
bailiff
2nd Amendment
36. The false making or material altering - with intent to defraud - of any writing which - if genuine - might be the foundation of a legal liability
6th amendment
Commercial Motor vehicle
forgery
'In Rem'
37. Can't stop - stand - or park within how many ft. of a fire hydrate?
writ
voir dire
Mistake of law
15ft
38. Vehicle not designed to haul persons or property. O LESS THAN 40FT IN LENGTH.
incompetent evidence
Special mobile equipment
corroboration evidence
Motion
39. No force quarterly of soldiers - permitted only in war time and in accordance with the law.
false arrest
preponderance of evidence
10th Amendment
3rd Amendment
40. An obligation signed by the accused - with his/her sureties - to secure his/her presence in court
bail bond
expunge
Bailee
Garishment
41. A court attendant whose duties are to keep order in the courtroom and to have custody of the jury
bail bond
power of attorney
bailiff
transcript
42. A certain time allowed by statute in which litigation must be brought.
writ of possesion (Eviction)
14th Amendment
Limitation
incompetent evidence
43. Portion of a highway next to the roadway - which is distinguished by design - consruction - or marking - Area not Intended for vehicle travel.
Daytime
Roadway
Limitation
Shoulder
44. A direction given by the judge to the jury concerning the law of the case.
cause
Crosswalk
instruction
transcript
45. That which - under the established rules of evidence - cannot be admitted or received into a court of law.
Inadmissible
Improved shoulder
ordinance
Pleadings
46. 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.
Limitation
riot
parole
corroboration evidence
47. Tenn v. Garner
testimony
14th Amendment
4th Amendment trial
Right of way
48. 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
Class 'B' dl
cross examination
magistrate
School Crossing guard
49. Final appeallate jurisdiction in penalty cases
ordinance
Mistake of law
3rd Amendment
Court of Criminal Appeals
50. 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
prosecutor
rout
Nighttime
advancing prostitution