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Police Legal Vocab
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Miranda v. Arizona
mandamus
5th Amendment Trial
verdict
deposition
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3. A pleading usually used by defendants in criminal cases - which literally means 'I will not contest it'.
instruction
fence
nolo contendere
Highway or street
4. A friend of the court; one who interposes or volunteers information upon some matter of law
advancing prostitution
cross examination
amicus curiae
indictment
5. Duran v. City of Douglas - Az
Motor carrier
1st Amendment trial
burglary
opinion evidence
6. Paved Shoulder
malice
injunction
Improved shoulder
Urban district
7. A highway that has PREFENTIAL RIGHT OF WAY in an intersection
Through highway
School Crossing guard
bail
plaintiff
8. 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
assault
ordinance
feigned accomplice
Capias
9. 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.
adjudication
opinion evidence
Right of way
Writ Of Possesion (Non-Eviction)
10. Temporary seizure or setting aside of specific to wich a party to a suit has claim of ownership.
'Prima Face'
Injuction
domicile
Sequestration
11. Right to an attorney during criminal proceedingis What amendment
bailiff
due process
6th amendment
5th Amendment Trial
12. That which - under the established rules of evidence - cannot be admitted or received into a court of law.
interrogatories
corroboration evidence
Inadmissible
Limitation
13. A proceeding whereby one party to an action may be informed as to facts known by other parties or witnesses
Freeway
Return
discovery
Habitual criminal
14. Motor vehicle - primarily designed to transport property.
Truck
search warrant
polygraph
Commercial Motor vehicle
15. A Person who recieves personal property from another as a bailment.
Frisk
power of attorney
Bailee
best evidence
16. To stand an occupied or unoccupied vehicle other than while loading or unloading
Park or parking
Default Judgement
ordinance
polygraph
17. In practice - the formal and unanimous decision or finding made by a jury - reported to the court - and accepted by it.
expert evidence
Highway or street
dissent
verdict
18. An order or precept in writing - issued in the name of the people or of a court or judicial officer.
forgery
Mistake of law
principles
writ
19. 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
Commitment
Truck
Dispose or dump
20. An original writ commanding judges or officers of inferior courts to certify or to return records of proceedings in a cause for judicial review
Levy
certiorari
bailiff
Bicycle
21. The persons who are actively concerned in the prosecution or defense of a legal proceeding.
Parties
Pro Bono
Inadmissible
default
22. To release a person arrested or imprisoned - on security being taken - for his/her appearance in court on a specified day and place.
Official traffic control device
Crosswalk
bail
bail bond
23. Any willful and unlawful use of force or violence upon the person of another
battery
nightstick
Writ Of Possesion (Non-Eviction)
plaintiff
24. Land next to and including the highway if - It's NOT IN A MUNICIPALITY AND It has HOMES OR BUSINESSES on it at intervals of less than 100ft - for at least a quarter mile
Return
Litter
9th Amendment
Urban district
25. Can be issued by a clerk of the court
Capias
Commitment
parole
bail bond
26. 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.
Motor carrier
Trailer
necessarily included offenses
Special mobile equipment
27. Oral or written statements made to the court presenting the claims and defenses of the parites
malice
Traffic
6th amendment
Pleadings
28. 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
rout
Bus
polygraph
Garishment
29. A preportory stage to a riot. A rout is necessary for a riot to occur. When a lawful assembly begins to move towards the execution of an unlawful propose - but before any acts of violence or disorder occur - a rout has been committed.
rout
preponderance of evidence
embezzlement
Contempt
30. Any motor vehicle accident occurring entirely at a place other than on a highway.
motor vehicle non-traffic accident
rout
Return
interrogatories
31. Any sign - signal - marking - or device that is placed lawfully and is used to regulate - warn - or guide traffic
directed verdict
Official traffic control device
forgery
Writ of possesion
32. 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.
Parties
Laned roadway
discovery
Return
33. A proceeding whereby property - money - or credits of a debtor - in possession of another (garnishee) - are applied to the debts of the debtor.
Alley
Garishment
Bicycle
polygraph
34. 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.
3rd Amendment
Limitation
Chattel
rebuttal
35. To collect - gather - take up - seize - or execute on monies - real - or personal property under a lwfully issued writ.
commutation
Levy
Urban district
'Et Al'
36. Liquid that has a flash point of not more than 70 degrees
default
Flammable liquid
peremptory challenge
1st amendment
37. 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.
Trailer
8th Amendment
Injuction
20ft
38. 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
extortion - theft by
cross examination
necessarily included offenses
'In Rem'
39. In criminal practice - bringing a prisoner to the bar of the court to answer to a criminal charg
Conservator Of Peace
incompetent evidence
brief
arraignment
40. A direction given by the judge to the jury concerning the law of the case.
instruction
demur
Dispose or dump
riot
41. Common Ancesry and physical characteristics
bail
Habitual criminal
Race
1st amendment
42. Land next to and even including a highway - if it is used for business purposes. Area described as being 600ft segment - has at least 300 ft of it along the highway set up for businesses
Business district
Inadmissible
Fraud
Sequestration
43. Shared culture and background - Shared language - religion and other culture patterns
Gross combination weight rating
Bus
Ethnicity
Freeway
44. The change of a punishment from a greater degree to a lesser degree - as from death to life imprisonment
commutation
9th Amendment
cause
corroboration evidence
45. 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.
Libel
motor vehicle non-traffic accident
recognizance
Garishment
46. A suitor who - on account of poverty - is allowed to sue or defend without being chargable with cost
Inadmissible
Return
corroboration evidence
Indigent/Pauper
47. Place any type of litter on or in land/water
default
expunge
Flammable liquid
Dispose or dump
48. Value specified as the loaded weight of a combination or articulated vehicle
adjudication
Gross combination weight rating
feigned accomplice
directed verdict
49. A court attendant whose duties are to keep order in the courtroom and to have custody of the jury
principles
Licencse Ineligibility
bailiff
Highway or street
50. 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.
writ of possesion (Eviction)
Fraud
transcript
Contempt