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Police Legal Vocab

Subject : law
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1. Testimony - given by an accomplice or participant in a crime - tending to convict others.

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2. Private office or room of a judge






3. One of the lanes on the freeway






4. Evidence which is not admissible under the established rules of evidence.






5. 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.






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






7. A receiver of stolen goods. typically This is someone who receives the stolen property for sale or distribution






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






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






10. 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.






11. Right to an attorney during criminal proceedingis What amendment






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






13. 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.






14. Divided - controlled access highway






15. Speedy trial - Public trial - Unbiased jury - Knowledge of accusation/charge - Cross examine witnesses - obtain witnesses - Representation by an attorney






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






17. Written or Oral application for a ruling or order from the court.






18. To collect - gather - take up - seize - or execute on monies - real - or personal property under a lwfully issued writ.






19. 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.






20. It is recognized as an extension of the sidewalk and doesnt have to be marked on the roadway to be considered lawful.






21. Testimony given in relation to some scientific - technical - or professional matter by experts; i.e. - persons qualified to speak authoritatively by reason of their special training - skill - or familiarity with the subject






22. Person - at least 18 yrs. old - that has the job of directing traffic in school zone.






23. Unoccupied -Undeveloped -Uncultivated






24. Duran v. City of Douglas - Az






25. 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.






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






27. A misdeed or trespass. The improper performance of some act which a person may lawfully do.






28. To release a person arrested or imprisoned - on security being taken - for his/her appearance in court on a specified day and place.






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






30. An order in writing - issued by a justice or magistrate - in the name of the state - directing an officer to search a specified house or other premise. Usually required as a condition before a legal search and seizure.






31. Sheriff






32. The entering of a private or restricted premise with the intent to commit grand theft - petty theft - or a felony






33. To hold on bail for trial






34. Oral or written statements made to the court presenting the claims and defenses of the parites






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






36. An instrument used to record variations of several different body pulsations. The courts have not as yet agreed that the scientific principles of the polygraph - commonly called the lie detector - has crossed the line between the experimental and the






37. To speak the truth. The phrase denoted the preliminary examination which the court may make of one presented as a witness or juror - as to his/her qualifications.






38. 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






39. The predominate appeal of the matter taken as a whole is to a prurient interest in sexual conduct involving minors.






40. Person who swears to an affidavit or statement






41. Evidence sufficient to convince the triers of fact that the party who has the burden of doing so has established its cause






42. And other persons. -Commonly used to include anyone associated the named defendant in reference to the matter before he court.

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43. A suit - litigation - or action - that is either civil or criminal






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






45. Can't stop - stand - or park within how many ft. of crosswalk at an intersection?






46. Portion of a street that is in between the edge of the road and adjacent property line.






47. The general class or type of property taken or the reason why the offense was committed. In crimes where property is taken - the motive will be the type of property taken. The specific type of property which the thief desired to acquire might include






48. Miranda v. Arizona






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






50. Right to bail - Protection from excessive fines - No cruel of unusual punishment