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Police Legal Vocab
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Instructions:
Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. 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
'Ex Rel'
incompetent evidence
Motion
principles
2. Is used to recover possession of rental property.
Obscene
Return
Class 'B' dl
Writ of possesion
3. 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.
bind over
decree
plaintiff
mandamus
4. A suit - litigation - or action - that is either civil or criminal
chambers
cause
14th Amendment
Garishment
5. Written or Oral application for a ruling or order from the court.
Roadway
Motion
motor vehicle non-traffic accident
bind over
6. Original jurisdiction of all misdemeanors of which exclusive original jurisdiction is not given to teh justice court - and shall not exceed $500.
search warrant
Class 'B' dl
Jurisdiction Of County Courts
arraignment
7. 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
6th Amendment trial
fair preponderance
polygraph
Race
8. Tenn v. Garner
4th Amendment trial
Official traffic control device
Nighttime
Sequestration
9. Written questions propounded by one party and served on an adversary - who must provide answers thereto under oath.
interrogatories
Injuction
5th Amendment Trial
Motor Vehicle Searches
10. Is an affimative defense
'Prima Face'
fence
Habitual criminal
Mistake of law
11. Common Ancesry and physical characteristics
Freeway
Race
advancing prostitution
30ft
12. The protection of one's person or property against some injury attempted by another. The law of 'self-defense' justifies an act done in the reasonable belief of immediate danger. When acting in justifiable self-defense - a person may not be punished
Official Misconduct
forgery
preponderance of evidence
self-defense
13. Manaul - electric - or mechanical device that directs traffic to stop and to proceed.
Traffic control signal
dissent
burglary
search warrant
14. The persons who are actively concerned in the prosecution or defense of a legal proceeding.
Frisk
Writ Of Possesion (Non-Eviction)
ordinance
Parties
15. 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
Alley
amicus curiae
due process
domicile
16. The official record of proceedings in a trial or hearing
transcript
Motor carrier
Return
Flashing yellow light
17. Area between the boundary lines/ right of way lines of a publicly maintained way - which is open to vehicular travel.
Highway or street
Injuction
15ft
Safety Zone
18. Human power that has 2 wheel. It has to have at lease one wheel tat is a min. of 14' in.
2nd Amendment
mistrial
Bicycle
nolo contendere
19. An intentional perversion of truth; deceitful practice or device resorted to with intent to deprive another of property or other right - or in some manner to do him/her injury.
battery
Libel
Fraud
cross examination
20. To collect - gather - take up - seize - or execute on monies - real - or personal property under a lwfully issued writ.
Special mobile equipment
Levy
Licencse Ineligibility
6th Amendment
21. Person who swears to an affidavit or statement
allegation
Special mobile equipment
Sequestration
Affiant
22. One who knowingly - voluntarily and with common intent with a principal offender - unites in the commission of a crime
change of venue
Open fields
accomplice
adjudication
23. Shared culture and background - Shared language - religion and other culture patterns
fence
Ethnicity
4th Amendment trial
motive
24. An instruction by the judge to the jury to return a specific verdict
plaintiff
Garishment
Residence district
directed verdict
25. 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.
robbery
motor vehicle non-traffic accident
ordinance
Capias
26. Probable cause to search vehicle (Carroll v. U.S)
Freeway
Motor Vehicle Searches
bail bond
rebuttal
27. Place any type of litter on or in land/water
extortion - theft by
Alley
Dispose or dump
forgery
28. 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.
Nighttime
Litter
no bill
allegation
29. Any substance capable of generating offensive - noxious - or suffocating fumes - gasses - or vapors.
fair preponderance
bail bond
noxious substance
plaintiff
30. Greater weight of evidence - or evidence which is more credible and convincing to the mind - not necessarily the greater number of witnesses.
14th Amendment
preponderance of evidence
directed verdict
Return
31. 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.
testimony
Trailer
extradition
2nd Amendment
32. The surrender by one state to another of an individual accused or convicted of an offense outside its own territory and within the territorial jurisdiction of the other
best evidence
Contempt
extradition
polygraph
33. 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.
Motor carrier
negligence
'Prima Face'
Litter
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.
Crosswalk
adjudication
Through highway
necessarily included offenses
35. Vehicle not designed to haul persons or property. O LESS THAN 40FT IN LENGTH.
bailiff
Open fields
Motor Vehicle Searches
Special mobile equipment
36. Final appeallate jurisdiction in penalty cases
Trailer
Court of Criminal Appeals
Motor Vehicle Searches
Highway or street
37. An article of personal property as distinguished from from real property.
nolo contendere
Garishment
Chattel
opinion evidence
38. 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
Commercial Motor vehicle
change of venue
robbery
Obscene
39. And the following one or ones.
40. 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.
Licencse Ineligibility
Traffic
Motor Vehicle Searches
nightstick
41. That place where a person has his/her true and permanent home. a person may have several residences - but only one domicile
'Ex Rel'
domicile
Petition
20ft
42. 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.
voir dire
advancing prostitution
crime
dactyloscopy
43. Reduced speed zone to facilitate children going to and from school.
15ft
Open fields
School crossing zone
5th Amendment
44. Duran v. City of Douglas - Az
1st Amendment trial
Affiant
search warrant
Writ Of Possesion (Non-Eviction)
45. Area in roadway designaaed for exclusive pedestrian use. Mus have signage or markings
Motor carrier
Ethnicity
Indigent/Pauper
Safety Zone
46. 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.
School crossing zone
rebuttal
motive
5th Amendment
47. Private office or room of a judge
Gross combination weight rating
Obscene
chambers
necessarily included offenses
48. Evidence sufficient to convince the triers of fact that the party who has the burden of doing so has established its cause
Class 'A' dl
Shoulder
voir dire
fair preponderance
49. A suitor who - on account of poverty - is allowed to sue or defend without being chargable with cost
30ft
Motion
Indigent/Pauper
School crossing zone
50. An order or precept in writing - issued in the name of the people or of a court or judicial officer.
writ
Class 'B' dl
extradition
self-defense