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Police Legal Vocab
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1. To stand an occupied or unoccupied vehicle other than while loading or unloading
felony
Freeway
change of venue
Park or parking
2. And other persons. -Commonly used to include anyone associated the named defendant in reference to the matter before he court.
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3. Motor vehicle - primarily designed to transport property.
advancing prostitution
School Crossing guard
14th Amendment
Truck
4. A written or printed document prepared by counsel to file in court - usually setting forth both facts and law in support of the case
Class 'A' dl
brief
Chattel
Malfeasance
5. Portion of a street that is in between the edge of the road and adjacent property line.
decree
Sidewalk
recognizance
Return
6. A person 'advances prostitution' when - acting other than as a prostitute or as a patron thereof - he/she knowingly causes or aids a person to engage in prostitution - procures or solicits patrons for prostitution - provides persons or promises for p
cross examination
advancing prostitution
writ of possesion (Eviction)
Class 'B' dl
7. Decayable waste (animal/vegetable) - Non-decayable/solid waste that consist of boxes -rubber - plastic - metal - etc.
bailiff
Litter
Motor carrier
decree
8. 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
Indigent/Pauper
condemnation
deposition
Exclusionary Rule
9. A highway that has PREFENTIAL RIGHT OF WAY in an intersection
Sidewalk
preponderance of evidence
5th Amendment
Through highway
10. 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
Laned roadway
testimony
Farm Tractor
11. Portion of the highway - other than the shoulder.
Roadway
Truck tractor
Writ of possesion
Freeway
12. Citation issued after the original ciation usually directed to the sheriff or another county or directed to the defendant under another.
Alias Citation
Park or parking
power of attorney
Freeway
13. Go thru only with caution
'Et Al'
default
Flashing yellow light
Through highway
14. Any sign - signal - marking - or device that is placed lawfully and is used to regulate - warn - or guide traffic
Truck tractor
Official traffic control device
1st amendment
malice
15. Intent to commit an unlawful act or cause harm without legal justification or excuse.
Libel
6th Amendment
plaintiff
malice
16. Greater weight of evidence - or evidence which is more credible and convincing to the mind - not necessarily the greater number of witnesses.
self-defense
motive
preponderance of evidence
Highway or street
17. Manaul - electric - or mechanical device that directs traffic to stop and to proceed.
Mistake of law
Traffic control signal
Obscene
Nighttime
18. Duran v. City of Douglas - Az
1st Amendment trial
nolo contendere
cause
probable cause
19. Any willful and unlawful use of force or violence upon the person of another
'Et Ux'
battery
Contempt
Safety Zone
20. Vehicle not designed to haul persons or property. O LESS THAN 40FT IN LENGTH.
Alley
Fraud
Habitual criminal
Special mobile equipment
21. Document filed by the plantiff with the clerk of the court that outlines the basis of the complaint - against the defendant.
assault
arraignment
Petition
dissent
22. The particular county - city - or geographic area in which a court with jurisdiction may hear and determine a case
venue
amicus curiae
Traffic control signal
prosecutor
23. It is recognized as an extension of the sidewalk and doesnt have to be marked on the roadway to be considered lawful.
Crosswalk
Commercial Motor vehicle
incompetent evidence
fair preponderance
24. Circumstances which render a crime less aggravated - heinous - or reprehensible than it would otherwise be
tort
extenuation circumstances
feigned accomplice
certiorari
25. Place any type of litter on or in land/water
5th Amendment
6th Amendment
Dispose or dump
Ethnicity
26. Judgement entered by the court upon the failure of party to plead or appear at the appointed time.
Daytime
injunction
Default Judgement
Petition
27. By or on the relation of.
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28. Is an affimative defense
Court of Criminal Appeals
assault
Mistake of law
15ft
29. Proceedings held to determine wheter a person has violated a lawful court order and to set punishment if viloation is found.
venue
Writ Of Possesion (Non-Eviction)
Traffic control signal
Contempt
30. Liquid that has a flash point of not more than 70 degrees
Flammable liquid
Traffic
riot
battery
31. To file a pleading (called a demurrer) admitting the truth of the facts in the complaint or answer - but contending
certiorari
demur
bail bond
directed verdict
32. A direction given by the judge to the jury concerning the law of the case.
subpoena
instruction
3rd Amendment
Pleadings
33. Oral or written statements made to the court presenting the claims and defenses of the parites
Pleadings
assault
Writ of possesion
bind over
34. 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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35. A deadly weapon; a long - heavy club usually carried by a law enforcement officer.
nightstick
Roadway
default
felony
36. To release a person arrested or imprisoned - on security being taken - for his/her appearance in court on a specified day and place.
Parties
bail
arraignment
Class 'B' dl
37. That which - under the established rules of evidence - cannot be admitted or received into a court of law.
6th Amendment
change of venue
Inadmissible
Limitation
38. Any motor vehicle accident occurring entirely at a place other than on a highway.
interrogatories
motor vehicle non-traffic accident
Crosswalk
Inventory
39. Evidence which is not admissible under the established rules of evidence.
School Crossing guard
felony
Litter
incompetent evidence
40. Sufficent to establish a fact or raise a presumption unless disproved or rebuted.
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41. An obligation signed by the accused - with his/her sureties - to secure his/her presence in court
Traffic
robbery
bail bond
mandamus
42. Final appeallate jurisdiction in penalty cases
crime
5th Amendment Trial
parole
Court of Criminal Appeals
43. In criminal practice - bringing a prisoner to the bar of the court to answer to a criminal charg
Open fields
arraignment
Park or parking
Return
44. 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.
bail bond
riot
voir dire
Through highway
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.
'In Rem'
Trailer
fair preponderance
parole
46. A suitor who - on account of poverty - is allowed to sue or defend without being chargable with cost
Traffic control signal
Indigent/Pauper
instruction
'Et Al'
47. A legislative enactment by a municipality (e.g.' local curfew - parking violations); a local law as opposed to a state statute.
ordinance
nolo contendere
Motion
Petition
48. Offense that is an intentional or knowing violation of a law committed by a public servant while acting in an official capacity as a public servant.
Return
Litter
Official Misconduct
decree
49. An injury or wrong committed - either with or without force - to the person or property of another
Parties
embezzlement
Inadmissible
tort
50. An original writ commanding judges or officers of inferior courts to certify or to return records of proceedings in a cause for judicial review
certiorari
writ
Farm Tractor
Fraud
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