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Police Legal Vocab
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Circumstances which render a crime less aggravated - heinous - or reprehensible than it would otherwise be
Nighttime
extenuation circumstances
Urban district
felony
2. 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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3. Strip of land next to the highway - at least 300 ft long - that is improved and used primarily for residences.
Race
felony
motor vehicle non-traffic accident
Residence district
4. A deadly weapon; a long - heavy club usually carried by a law enforcement officer.
bind over
Traffic control signal
Truck tractor
nightstick
5. Sheriff
Conservator Of Peace
Traffic
Litter
Residence district
6. 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.
Inadmissible
Open fields
Levy
Licencse Ineligibility
7. 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
14th Amendment
change of venue
peremptory challenge
Habitual criminal
8. Vehicle with or withour power - designes to be drwan and to transport persons or property: Constructed so that NO PART OF ITS WEIGHT AND LOAD RESTS ON THE MOTOR VEHICLE.
Trailer
change of venue
Fraud
burglary
9. Operate a vehicle with G.V.W.are of 26000 or more - Can't tow more than 10000 - unless its a farm trailer. then they can tow up to 20000
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10. The false making or material altering - with intent to defraud - of any writing which - if genuine - might be the foundation of a legal liability
Court of Criminal Appeals
Freeway main lane
forgery
discovery
11. Human power that has 2 wheel. It has to have at lease one wheel tat is a min. of 14' in.
bind over
verdict
Freeway main lane
Bicycle
12. Against A Thing.
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13. The introduction of rebutting evidence; the showing that the statements of witnesses as to what occurred are not true; the stage of trial at which such evidence may be introduced.
embezzlement
Sidewalk
rebuttal
arraignment
14. Value specified as the loaded weight of a combination or articulated vehicle
Gross combination weight rating
'Prima Face'
bailiff
Truck tractor
15. 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.
Bailee
recognizance
corroboration evidence
directed verdict
16. Oral or written statements made to the court presenting the claims and defenses of the parites
synergism
Pleadings
Freeway main lane
amicus curiae
17. Evidence given by a competent witness - under oath; as distinguished from evidence derived from writings and other sources
testimony
Exclusionary Rule
recognizance
advancing prostitution
18. Motor vehicle used to draw another vehicle. NOT MEANT TO CARRY A LOAD - OTHER HAN PART OF THE WEIGHT OF THE OTHER VEHICLERO
Truck tractor
Gross combination weight rating
School crossing zone
Default Judgement
19. That place where a person has his/her true and permanent home. a person may have several residences - but only one domicile
domicile
injunction
Alias Citation
rebuttal
20. Is a order signed by a proper magistrate directing a sheriff to recieve and place in jail.
'Et Al'
Commitment
Litter
Truck tractor
21. This phrase - endorsed by a grand jury on an indictment - is equivalent to 'not found' or 'not a true bill'. It means that - in the opinion of the jury - evidence was insufficient to warrant the return of a formal charge.
no bill
1st amendment
Highway or street
Race
22. Can be pedestrians - ridden or herded animals or vehicles.
brief
Traffic
synergism
Exclusionary Rule
23. RIGHT TO BE INDICTED BY A GRAND JURY - Notice of charges - Double jeopardy - Self Incrimination - Due Process - Reasonable reimbursement for property
best evidence
Bicycle
5th Amendment
14th Amendment
24. 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.
5th Amendment Trial
writ of possesion (Eviction)
Mistake of law
Official Misconduct
25. Duran v. City of Douglas - Az
indictment
Frisk
1st Amendment trial
tort
26. 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.
Return
verdict
1st amendment
Freeway
27. A suit - litigation - or action - that is either civil or criminal
10th Amendment
cause
Commercial Motor vehicle
riot
28. The act of physically destroying files - records - or information; for example - upon judicial order
Gross combination weight rating
Nighttime
3rd Amendment
expunge
29. Miranda v. Arizona
commutation
Flammable liquid
5th Amendment Trial
6th amendment
30. Right to bear arms
Malfeasance
2nd Amendment
equitable action
Writ of possesion
31. Evidence of what the witness thinks or believes in regard to facts in dispute - as distinguished from his/her personal knowledge of the facts; not admissible except (under certain limitations) in the case of experts.
parole
opinion evidence
interrogatories
Pleadings
32. A highway that has PREFENTIAL RIGHT OF WAY in an intersection
Obscene
Laned roadway
writ of possesion (Eviction)
Through highway
33. Original jurisdiction of all misdemeanors of which exclusive original jurisdiction is not given to teh justice court - and shall not exceed $500.
change of venue
Ethnicity
adjudication
Jurisdiction Of County Courts
34. Judgement entered by the court upon the failure of party to plead or appear at the appointed time.
Default Judgement
8th Amendment
recognizance
Inventory
35. The challenge which the prosecution or defense may use to reject a certain number of prospective jurors without assigning cause.
parole
peremptory challenge
felony
30ft
36. Vehicle not designed to haul persons or property. O LESS THAN 40FT IN LENGTH.
Special mobile equipment
subpoena
amicus curiae
Pleadings
37. 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
plaintiff
Truck tractor
School Crossing guard
advancing prostitution
38. That which - under the established rules of evidence - cannot be admitted or received into a court of law.
Inadmissible
due process
negligence
Motor carrier
39. Any willful and unlawful use of force or violence upon the person of another
battery
'Prima Face'
Sidewalk
double jeopardy
40. The predominate appeal of the matter taken as a whole is to a prurient interest in sexual conduct involving minors.
Obscene
Improved shoulder
false arrest
Litter
41. In practice - the formal and unanimous decision or finding made by a jury - reported to the court - and accepted by it.
Obscene
Flammable liquid
verdict
parole
42. Any unlawful physical restraint of another's liberty - whether in prison or in custody
double jeopardy
Affiant
adjudication
false arrest
43. One who knowingly - voluntarily and with common intent with a principal offender - unites in the commission of a crime
Right of way
crime
accomplice
Through highway
44. A person who brings an action; the party who complains or sues in a personal action and is so named on the record.
plaintiff
Business district
Chattel
forgery
45. 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
4th Amendment
Alley
ordinance
46. Roadway that is divided into at least 2 clearly marked lanes.
decree
change of venue
Laned roadway
parole
47. 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
Daytime
bail bond
Writ of possesion
48. Common-law and constitutional prohibition against more than one prosecution of the same crime - transaction - or omission
Motor carrier
double jeopardy
Open fields
Pleadings
49. In Re Gault
6th Amendment trial
Conservator Of Peace
Writ of possesion
Court of Criminal Appeals
50. 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
condemnation
subpoena
Alley
9th Amendment