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Police Legal Vocab
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1. Vehicle not designed to haul persons or property. O LESS THAN 40FT IN LENGTH.
verdict
Special mobile equipment
Traffic
Obscene
2. 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.
principles
expert evidence
Return
Alias Citation
3. Powers not identified belong to the states.
2nd Amendment
10th Amendment
crime
'Ex Rel'
4. Common-law and constitutional prohibition against more than one prosecution of the same crime - transaction - or omission
10th Amendment
9th Amendment
'Et Ux'
double jeopardy
5. Miranda v. Arizona
Jurisdiction Of County Courts
Litter
5th Amendment Trial
5th Amendment
6. Right to bail - Protection from excessive fines - No cruel of unusual punishment
battery
Freeway main lane
synergism
8th Amendment
7. 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
Pleadings
Highway or street
Nighttime
8. An obligation - before a court - to do a specific thing or incur a penalty of some kind; in lieu of bond - one is entrusted to appear before the court at a later date.
recognizance
'Et Al'
Freeway
tort
9. Evidence which is not admissible under the established rules of evidence.
Alias Citation
Daytime
Motion
incompetent evidence
10. A mandatory or prohibitive writ issued by a court.
extenuation circumstances
indictment
double jeopardy
injunction
11. 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
magistrate
Motion
equitable action
polygraph
12. A person who brings an action; the party who complains or sues in a personal action and is so named on the record.
Pleadings
Residence district
plaintiff
'Et Ux'
13. A proceeding whereby property - money - or credits of a debtor - in possession of another (garnishee) - are applied to the debts of the debtor.
transcript
Garishment
'In Rem'
default
14. The entering of a private or restricted premise with the intent to commit grand theft - petty theft - or a felony
verdict
chambers
tort
burglary
15. An instrument authorizing another to act as one's agent or attorney.
Highway or street
verdict
power of attorney
1st amendment
16. Can be pedestrians - ridden or herded animals or vehicles.
robbery
Motion
'In Rem'
Traffic
17. A pleading usually used by defendants in criminal cases - which literally means 'I will not contest it'.
Jurisdiction Of County Courts
fence
5th Amendment
nolo contendere
18. Decayable waste (animal/vegetable) - Non-decayable/solid waste that consist of boxes -rubber - plastic - metal - etc.
bail
1st Amendment trial
Litter
embezzlement
19. A person who has received two previous convictions on seperate felony charges. Such a person will be adjudged a habitual criminal and may be punishable by imprisionment in the state prison for life.
Habitual criminal
rout
cause
plaintiff
20. Detailed list of articles of assests containing a designation or description of each specific article.
change of venue
Inventory
incompetent evidence
'Et Ux'
21. Person - at least 18 yrs. old - that has the job of directing traffic in school zone.
2nd Amendment
School Crossing guard
14th Amendment
advancing prostitution
22. Allows a landlord who prevails in an eviction suit to regain possession of the premises that were in dispute.
writ of possesion (Eviction)
Litter
Class 'A' dl
arraignment
23. The right of one vehicle or pedestrian to proceed in a lawful manner in preference to another
Flammable liquid
due process
Right of way
Exclusionary Rule
24. The official record of proceedings in a trial or hearing
Class 'B' dl
transcript
commutation
9th Amendment
25. To stand an occupied or unoccupied vehicle other than while loading or unloading
Freeway main lane
Park or parking
battery
Obscene
26. A suitor who - on account of poverty - is allowed to sue or defend without being chargable with cost
plaintiff
Indigent/Pauper
Malfeasance
demur
27. A certain time allowed by statute in which litigation must be brought.
search warrant
mistrial
Limitation
extenuation circumstances
28. An obligation signed by the accused - with his/her sureties - to secure his/her presence in court
5th Amendment Trial
bail bond
injunction
Contempt
29. RIGHT TO BE INDICTED BY A GRAND JURY - Notice of charges - Double jeopardy - Self Incrimination - Due Process - Reasonable reimbursement for property
Court of Criminal Appeals
5th Amendment
mistrial
Bailee
30. 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
state's evidence
Motion
Right of way
31. 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
prosecutor
Truck
Class 'B' dl
cross examination
32. A deadly weapon; a long - heavy club usually carried by a law enforcement officer.
instruction
nightstick
Malfeasance
bind over
33. Testimony - given by an accomplice or participant in a crime - tending to convict others.
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34. 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
fence
writ
fair preponderance
Commercial Motor vehicle
35. No force quarterly of soldiers - permitted only in war time and in accordance with the law.
Fraud
Contempt
3rd Amendment
'Et Seq'
36. Duran v. City of Douglas - Az
self-defense
Motion
chambers
1st Amendment trial
37. Go thru only with caution
Flashing yellow light
nightstick
10th Amendment
discovery
38. One of the lanes on the freeway
4th Amendment
false arrest
subpoena
Freeway main lane
39. Steet not primarily used for hrought traffic - that provides access to building or lots
15ft
Alley
Limitation
Inventory
40. Greater weight of evidence - or evidence which is more credible and convincing to the mind - not necessarily the greater number of witnesses.
change of venue
accessory
preponderance of evidence
Malfeasance
41. The particular county - city - or geographic area in which a court with jurisdiction may hear and determine a case
'Ex Rel'
bail
venue
Motor Vehicle Searches
42. 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
6th amendment
forgery
43. Roadway that is divided into at least 2 clearly marked lanes.
power of attorney
transcript
noxious substance
Laned roadway
44. 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
Motor Vehicle Searches
extortion - theft by
directed verdict
mistrial
45. An unlawful attempt - coupled with a present ability - to commit a violent injury on the person of another
Class 'A' dl
necessarily included offenses
School Crossing guard
assault
46. Written or Oral application for a ruling or order from the court.
Pleadings
Exclusionary Rule
2nd Amendment
Motion
47. A friend of the court; one who interposes or volunteers information upon some matter of law
battery
extradition
4th Amendment
amicus curiae
48. Right to bear arms
15ft
amicus curiae
2nd Amendment
4th Amendment
49. Motor vehicle - primarily designed to transport property.
Traffic control signal
Roadway
Truck
Class 'A' dl
50. A legislative enactment by a municipality (e.g.' local curfew - parking violations); a local law as opposed to a state statute.
Daytime
ordinance
Malfeasance
rout
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