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Police Legal Vocab
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. 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
change of venue
expert evidence
self-defense
Exclusionary Rule
2. The right of one vehicle or pedestrian to proceed in a lawful manner in preference to another
Right of way
Bus
Frisk
Daytime
3. Is an affimative defense
bailiff
riot
Mistake of law
Exclusionary Rule
4. One of the lanes on the freeway
Through highway
Freeway main lane
fair preponderance
Dispose or dump
5. Can't stop - stand - or park within how many ft. of crosswalk at an intersection?
School Crossing guard
best evidence
nightstick
20ft
6. 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
mistrial
condemnation
expunge
allegation
7. A suit - litigation - or action - that is either civil or criminal
Petition
arraignment
cause
Truck
8. The assertion - declaration - or statement of a party to an action - made in a pleading - setting out what he/she expects to prove
felony
Ethnicity
15ft
allegation
9. To release a person arrested or imprisoned - on security being taken - for his/her appearance in court on a specified day and place.
felony
instruction
bail
Park or parking
10. Final appeallate jurisdiction in penalty cases
due process
Court of Criminal Appeals
probable cause
injunction
11. A Person who recieves personal property from another as a bailment.
deposition
Bailee
Official Misconduct
noxious substance
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
Crosswalk
felony
self-defense
Trailer
13. Area between the boundary lines/ right of way lines of a publicly maintained way - which is open to vehicular travel.
Highway or street
probable cause
verdict
30ft
14. Any unlawful physical restraint of another's liberty - whether in prison or in custody
necessarily included offenses
false arrest
recognizance
negligence
15. A term commonly used to denote the disagreement of one or more judges of a court with the decision of the majority
Sequestration
Through highway
Default Judgement
dissent
16. Portion of the highway - other than the shoulder.
Affiant
extradition
crime
Roadway
17. Unlawfully obtaining property from another by threat. the threat - regardless of its nature must induce an 'oppressive condition or circumstance;' e.g. - threatening to inflict injury - or to accuse - or to expose a secret that tends to subject a per
motive
principles
crime
extortion - theft by
18. Portion of a street that is in between the edge of the road and adjacent property line.
Sidewalk
no bill
Class 'B' dl
Freeway main lane
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.
'Et Al'
dissent
Residence district
necessarily included offenses
20. Speedy trial - Public trial - Unbiased jury - Knowledge of accusation/charge - Cross examine witnesses - obtain witnesses - Representation by an attorney
subpoena
Capias
6th Amendment
magistrate
21. A person who brings an action; the party who complains or sues in a personal action and is so named on the record.
'Prima Face'
bail
rebuttal
plaintiff
22. Right to an attorney during criminal proceedingis What amendment
robbery
dissent
6th amendment
10th Amendment
23. Evidence which is not admissible under the established rules of evidence.
incompetent evidence
'Prima Face'
Injuction
Nighttime
24. To file a pleading (called a demurrer) admitting the truth of the facts in the complaint or answer - but contending
demur
decree
Bus
6th Amendment trial
25. A legal document (process) signed by a judicial officer commanding a witness to appear and testify at a specific time and place
subpoena
20ft
writ
Truck
26. 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
polygraph
embezzlement
riot
deposition
27. From 1/2 hour after sunset to 1/2 hour before sunrise.
accomplice
noxious substance
crime
Nighttime
28. Person who swears to an affidavit or statement
condemnation
Through highway
Affiant
Sidewalk
29. Rights not mention retained by people
Conservator Of Peace
voir dire
Return
9th Amendment
30. RIGHT TO BE INDICTED BY A GRAND JURY - Notice of charges - Double jeopardy - Self Incrimination - Due Process - Reasonable reimbursement for property
Alias Citation
Highway or street
5th Amendment
'Et Al'
31. Is a order signed by a proper magistrate directing a sheriff to recieve and place in jail.
opinion evidence
mistrial
tort
Commitment
32. Written or Oral application for a ruling or order from the court.
Motion
bail bond
allegation
deposition
33. 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
cross examination
mistrial
negligence
Truck
34. 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.
misfeasance
mandamus
mistrial
venue
35. Motor vehicle or a combination of - hat is used to haul people or property - that -Has gross combination weight rating of 26 -001 or more - including towed unit with G.V.W.are of more than 10000 pounds - Can haul 16 or more passengerss - (including d
forgery
prosecutor
Commercial Motor vehicle
adjudication
36. Private office or room of a judge
Conservator Of Peace
1st Amendment trial
mistrial
chambers
37. The particular county - city - or geographic area in which a court with jurisdiction may hear and determine a case
noxious substance
bail bond
venue
interrogatories
38. An unlawful attempt - coupled with a present ability - to commit a violent injury on the person of another
2nd Amendment
power of attorney
Gross combination weight rating
assault
39. Can be issued by a clerk of the court
assault
15ft
accessory
Capias
40. Unoccupied -Undeveloped -Uncultivated
Open fields
burglary
'Prima Face'
Flammable liquid
41. Any substance capable of generating offensive - noxious - or suffocating fumes - gasses - or vapors.
default
Malfeasance
state's evidence
noxious substance
42. A direction given by the judge to the jury concerning the law of the case.
6th amendment
6th Amendment trial
Writ Of Possesion (Non-Eviction)
instruction
43. Right to bail - Protection from excessive fines - No cruel of unusual punishment
bind over
Injuction
8th Amendment
20ft
44. Shared culture and background - Shared language - religion and other culture patterns
burglary
Pro Bono
Freeway
Ethnicity
45. 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.
Bicycle
Commercial Motor vehicle
instruction
parole
46. Original jurisdiction of all misdemeanors of which exclusive original jurisdiction is not given to teh justice court - and shall not exceed $500.
Jurisdiction Of County Courts
Motor Vehicle Searches
Frisk
verdict
47. 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
magistrate
accessory
prosecutor
tort
48. Is used to recover possession of rental property.
best evidence
chambers
discovery
Writ of possesion
49. Paved Shoulder
Improved shoulder
riot
15ft
Commitment
50. The false making or material altering - with intent to defraud - of any writing which - if genuine - might be the foundation of a legal liability
forgery
Pleadings
3rd Amendment
Farm Tractor