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Police Legal Vocab
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. Rights not mention retained by people
9th Amendment
Flammable liquid
Open fields
Statute
2. 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
30ft
prosecutor
Sidewalk
ordinance
3. 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.
Residence district
Writ Of Possesion (Non-Eviction)
instruction
bail
4. 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.
Improved shoulder
rout
Bus
false arrest
5. Portion of a highway next to the roadway - which is distinguished by design - consruction - or marking - Area not Intended for vehicle travel.
Shoulder
Safety Zone
Garishment
nolo contendere
6. 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
domicile
expunge
due process
6th Amendment trial
7. The particular county - city - or geographic area in which a court with jurisdiction may hear and determine a case
venue
instruction
default
rebuttal
8. Evidence illegally obtained by police officers can-not be used against the accused in a criminal case. (Mapp v. Ohio)
Exclusionary Rule
Official Misconduct
Commitment
1st amendment
9. Evidence which is not admissible under the established rules of evidence.
false arrest
incompetent evidence
instruction
Freeway main lane
10. Right to bail - Protection from excessive fines - No cruel of unusual punishment
battery
8th Amendment
Truck tractor
Class 'B' dl
11. A person who brings an action; the party who complains or sues in a personal action and is so named on the record.
plaintiff
bail
Gross combination weight rating
9th Amendment
12. 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.
certiorari
Return
School crossing zone
Commercial Motor vehicle
13. Is an affimative defense
testimony
Mistake of law
'Et Ux'
change of venue
14. Circumstances which render a crime less aggravated - heinous - or reprehensible than it would otherwise be
injunction
Bailee
extenuation circumstances
change of venue
15. Vehicle not designed to haul persons or property. O LESS THAN 40FT IN LENGTH.
Special mobile equipment
Official Misconduct
injunction
dissent
16. Oral or written statements made to the court presenting the claims and defenses of the parites
Pleadings
Writ of possesion
double jeopardy
incompetent evidence
17. 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
Garishment
injunction
Business district
riot
18. 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
Affiant
Alley
Licencse Ineligibility
condemnation
19. Can't stop - stand - or park within how many ft. of a traffic control device thats on the side of the road?
Freeway
30ft
Open fields
no bill
20. To stand an occupied or unoccupied vehicle other than while loading or unloading
Park or parking
motive
Contempt
felony
21. Any sign - signal - marking - or device that is placed lawfully and is used to regulate - warn - or guide traffic
robbery
Pleadings
Official traffic control device
rout
22. By or on the relation of.
23. Motor vehicle - primarily designed to transport property.
Roadway
extortion - theft by
Truck
cause
24. Written questions propounded by one party and served on an adversary - who must provide answers thereto under oath.
rout
instruction
interrogatories
'Et Ux'
25. The fraudulent appropriation by a person for his/her own use or benefit of property or money entrusted to him/her by another
directed verdict
embezzlement
Motor Vehicle Searches
Capias
26. A proceeding whereby property - money - or credits of a debtor - in possession of another (garnishee) - are applied to the debts of the debtor.
Garishment
motor vehicle non-traffic accident
Licencse Ineligibility
plaintiff
27. Giving or pronouncing a judgment or decree; also the judgment given.
adjudication
rout
mandamus
bailiff
28. Reasonable grounds for supposing that a criminal charge is well-founded.
double jeopardy
Urban district
probable cause
Shoulder
29. From 1/2 hour after sunset to 1/2 hour before sunrise.
Nighttime
necessarily included offenses
3rd Amendment
chambers
30. Tenn v. Garner
4th Amendment trial
negligence
Commercial Motor vehicle
'Et Seq'
31. A term commonly used to denote the disagreement of one or more judges of a court with the decision of the majority
peremptory challenge
expert evidence
Inadmissible
dissent
32. An order or precept in writing - issued in the name of the people or of a court or judicial officer.
riot
writ
Chattel
arraignment
33. Judgement entered by the court upon the failure of party to plead or appear at the appointed time.
Contempt
Writ Of Possesion (Non-Eviction)
'Et Seq'
Default Judgement
34. Can't stop - stand - or park within how many ft. of a fire hydrate?
peremptory challenge
15ft
malice
plaintiff
35. Detailed list of articles of assests containing a designation or description of each specific article.
Inventory
certiorari
Commitment
Daytime
36. Any substance capable of generating offensive - noxious - or suffocating fumes - gasses - or vapors.
motive
noxious substance
interrogatories
mistrial
37. Citation issued after the original ciation usually directed to the sheriff or another county or directed to the defendant under another.
polygraph
synergism
Alias Citation
Obscene
38. Strip of land next to the highway - at least 300 ft long - that is improved and used primarily for residences.
Sidewalk
Residence district
Motion
battery
39. And wife. The phrase was formely common in case names and legal documents invovling a husband and wife jointly.
40. No force quarterly of soldiers - permitted only in war time and in accordance with the law.
3rd Amendment
2nd Amendment
nightstick
'Et Al'
41. 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.
writ of possesion (Eviction)
Open fields
Mistake of law
parole
42. The predominate appeal of the matter taken as a whole is to a prurient interest in sexual conduct involving minors.
Obscene
5th Amendment
Indigent/Pauper
Pro Bono
43. Freedom of religion - Freedom of speech - Freedom of the press - Freedom to peaceably assemble - Rights to grievances
1st amendment
Commercial Motor vehicle
'Et Al'
Special mobile equipment
44. 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.
motor vehicle non-traffic accident
extradition
power of attorney
mistrial
45. The persons who are actively concerned in the prosecution or defense of a legal proceeding.
Class 'B' dl
Levy
Parties
Capias
46. Can be issued by a clerk of the court
burglary
best evidence
Traffic
Capias
47. A direction given by the judge to the jury concerning the law of the case.
Motor carrier
9th Amendment
instruction
decree
48. To file a pleading (called a demurrer) admitting the truth of the facts in the complaint or answer - but contending
instruction
forgery
demur
30ft
49. An officer having power to issue a warrant for the arrest of a person charged with a public offense.
magistrate
robbery
4th Amendment
dissent
50. Miranda v. Arizona
decree
'Prima Face'
5th Amendment Trial
malice