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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. To collect - gather - take up - seize - or execute on monies - real - or personal property under a lwfully issued writ.
Race
Commitment
1st Amendment trial
Levy
2. Rights not mention retained by people
4th Amendment
probable cause
9th Amendment
Habitual criminal
3. A certain time allowed by statute in which litigation must be brought.
decree
assault
false arrest
Limitation
4. 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
search warrant
Freeway main lane
cross examination
Mistake of law
5. 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.
forgery
necessarily included offenses
robbery
cause
6. Reduced speed zone to facilitate children going to and from school.
Freeway main lane
School crossing zone
tort
Traffic control signal
7. And wife. The phrase was formely common in case names and legal documents invovling a husband and wife jointly.
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8. Can be issued by a clerk of the court
nolo contendere
dissent
Flammable liquid
Capias
9. Portion of the highway - other than the shoulder.
14th Amendment
bailiff
Roadway
Improved shoulder
10. Liquid that has a flash point of not more than 70 degrees
verdict
discovery
Flammable liquid
subpoena
11. Giving or pronouncing a judgment or decree; also the judgment given.
Ethnicity
Habitual criminal
adjudication
5th Amendment Trial
12. 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.
double jeopardy
parole
'Et Ux'
feigned accomplice
13. 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
Motor Vehicle Searches
advancing prostitution
nightstick
due process
14. An article of personal property as distinguished from from real property.
Right of way
3rd Amendment
Chattel
1st Amendment trial
15. Any willful and unlawful use of force or violence upon the person of another
misfeasance
6th amendment
Special mobile equipment
battery
16. Common-law and constitutional prohibition against more than one prosecution of the same crime - transaction - or omission
arraignment
10th Amendment
cause
double jeopardy
17. In criminal practice - bringing a prisoner to the bar of the court to answer to a criminal charg
injunction
Limitation
transcript
arraignment
18. A method of defamation expressed by print - writing - pictures - or signs. In its most general sense - any publication that is injurious to the reputation of another.
Highway or street
Libel
Limitation
motive
19. A motor vehicle designed to carry more than 10 or motor vehicle other than a cab
'Et Ux'
misfeasance
Bus
motive
20. Intent to commit an unlawful act or cause harm without legal justification or excuse.
writ
equitable action
Pro Bono
malice
21. Strip of land next to the highway - at least 300 ft long - that is improved and used primarily for residences.
Residence district
3rd Amendment
1st amendment
Affiant
22. One who - under the direction of a law enforcement officer or upon his/her own initiative - pretends complicity in a crime in order to detect the perpetrator in an effort to prosecute such perpetrator. as such - there is no criminal intent on the par
feigned accomplice
Return
Sidewalk
opinion evidence
23. Any substance capable of generating offensive - noxious - or suffocating fumes - gasses - or vapors.
Truck
Open fields
noxious substance
Motor Vehicle Searches
24. The testimony of a witness not taken in open court - but in pursuance of authority given by statute or rule of court to take testimony elsewhere
Park or parking
subpoena
deposition
Truck tractor
25. The act of physically destroying files - records - or information; for example - upon judicial order
burglary
Court of Criminal Appeals
'In Rem'
expunge
26. Against A Thing.
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27. A term commonly used to denote the disagreement of one or more judges of a court with the decision of the majority
peremptory challenge
Roadway
Court of Criminal Appeals
dissent
28. Document filed by the plantiff with the clerk of the court that outlines the basis of the complaint - against the defendant.
Libel
peremptory challenge
Motor carrier
Petition
29. The right of one vehicle or pedestrian to proceed in a lawful manner in preference to another
Right of way
burglary
Writ Of Possesion (Non-Eviction)
nightstick
30. An original writ commanding judges or officers of inferior courts to certify or to return records of proceedings in a cause for judicial review
Improved shoulder
condemnation
writ
certiorari
31. Person - at least 18 yrs. old - that has the job of directing traffic in school zone.
School Crossing guard
ordinance
magistrate
'Et Al'
32. Persons -Houses - papers - and effects from unreasonable searches and seizure - NO WARRANTS EXCEPT UPON PROBABLE CAUSE
no bill
9th Amendment
Licencse Ineligibility
4th Amendment
33. An officer having power to issue a warrant for the arrest of a person charged with a public offense.
magistrate
directed verdict
Alias Citation
Laned roadway
34. 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
Nighttime
mistrial
Parties
principles
35. Private office or room of a judge
Flashing yellow light
adjudication
chambers
condemnation
36. The entering of a private or restricted premise with the intent to commit grand theft - petty theft - or a felony
15ft
'In Rem'
burglary
6th amendment
37. Tenn v. Garner
verdict
'Ex Rel'
4th Amendment trial
Capias
38. A legislative enactment by a federal or state body of legislators - more frequently referred to as 'a law'
Frisk
Statute
Freeway
Traffic
39. Area in roadway designaaed for exclusive pedestrian use. Mus have signage or markings
Safety Zone
voir dire
advancing prostitution
Right of way
40. Every person who - after a felony has been committed - harbors - conceals - or aids a principal in such felony - with the intent that said principal may avoid or escape from arrest - trial - conviction - or punishment - having knowledge that said pri
30ft
expert evidence
accessory
Traffic control signal
41. 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.
Fraud
voir dire
Class 'B' dl
best evidence
42. 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.
Official Misconduct
indictment
riot
Affiant
43. A person who brings an action; the party who complains or sues in a personal action and is so named on the record.
plaintiff
ordinance
best evidence
Writ Of Possesion (Non-Eviction)
44. Commands the person to whom it is directed to desist or refrain from the commision or continuance of the act enjoined or to obey and execute such order as the court has seen proper to issue.
cross examination
Injuction
cause
voir dire
45. Can't stop - stand - or park within how many ft. of a traffic control device thats on the side of the road?
cross examination
30ft
no bill
battery
46. 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.
necessarily included offenses
Freeway
subpoena
Flashing yellow light
47. Sufficent to establish a fact or raise a presumption unless disproved or rebuted.
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48. Portion of a street that is in between the edge of the road and adjacent property line.
principles
Sidewalk
incompetent evidence
synergism
49. In Re Gault
injunction
bind over
Commercial Motor vehicle
6th Amendment trial
50. Common Ancesry and physical characteristics
Pro Bono
Right of way
Race
change of venue