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Police Legal Vocab
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1. A court attendant whose duties are to keep order in the courtroom and to have custody of the jury
Writ of possesion
state's evidence
bailiff
advancing prostitution
2. Any sign - signal - marking - or device that is placed lawfully and is used to regulate - warn - or guide traffic
Official traffic control device
Motor Vehicle Searches
Bicycle
Right of way
3. Any willful and unlawful use of force or violence upon the person of another
20ft
battery
Jurisdiction Of County Courts
Highway or street
4. One of the lanes on the freeway
cause
Litter
best evidence
Freeway main lane
5. 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.
4th Amendment
forgery
rebuttal
corroboration evidence
6. An order or precept in writing - issued in the name of the people or of a court or judicial officer.
Fraud
Litter
writ
bind over
7. A friend of the court; one who interposes or volunteers information upon some matter of law
amicus curiae
Limitation
Commitment
Safety Zone
8. Persons -Houses - papers - and effects from unreasonable searches and seizure - NO WARRANTS EXCEPT UPON PROBABLE CAUSE
4th Amendment
noxious substance
crime
Through highway
9. A public disorder or uprising. To constitute a riot - the object need not be unlawful - provided the acts are done in a manner calculated to inspire terror. The chief element in a riot is the use of force or violence to disturb public peace if accomp
Writ Of Possesion (Non-Eviction)
8th Amendment
principles
riot
10. Evidence sufficient to convince the triers of fact that the party who has the burden of doing so has established its cause
interrogatories
forgery
fair preponderance
plaintiff
11. Liquid that has a flash point of not more than 70 degrees
Right of way
Flammable liquid
no bill
Special mobile equipment
12. 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.
verdict
Libel
Pro Bono
Sidewalk
13. 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.
fence
Shoulder
Safety Zone
Return
14. 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.
voir dire
no bill
search warrant
14th Amendment
15. The omission to do something which a reasonable person - guided by ordinary considerations - would do; or the doing of something with a reasonable and prudent person would not do.
Flammable liquid
Jurisdiction Of County Courts
Writ Of Possesion (Non-Eviction)
negligence
16. Final appeallate jurisdiction in penalty cases
feigned accomplice
mistrial
Court of Criminal Appeals
bail
17. Private office or room of a judge
recognizance
extortion - theft by
Indigent/Pauper
chambers
18. Citation issued after the original ciation usually directed to the sheriff or another county or directed to the defendant under another.
opinion evidence
Injuction
Class 'A' dl
Alias Citation
19. Proceedings held to determine wheter a person has violated a lawful court order and to set punishment if viloation is found.
Jurisdiction Of County Courts
Park or parking
Contempt
Sidewalk
20. Primary evidence - as distinguished from secondary evidence; the best and highest evidence of which the nature of the case is susceptible
Freeway main lane
Official traffic control device
Race
best evidence
21. A suitor who - on account of poverty - is allowed to sue or defend without being chargable with cost
bind over
Shoulder
peremptory challenge
Indigent/Pauper
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
deposition
embezzlement
feigned accomplice
1st amendment
23. Evidence given by a competent witness - under oath; as distinguished from evidence derived from writings and other sources
Farm Tractor
double jeopardy
domicile
testimony
24. Original jurisdiction of all misdemeanors of which exclusive original jurisdiction is not given to teh justice court - and shall not exceed $500.
Jurisdiction Of County Courts
bail bond
Exclusionary Rule
Residence district
25. Allows a landlord who prevails in an eviction suit to regain possession of the premises that were in dispute.
writ of possesion (Eviction)
robbery
extenuation circumstances
certiorari
26. Oral or written statements made to the court presenting the claims and defenses of the parites
no bill
Pleadings
assault
testimony
27. Area between the boundary lines/ right of way lines of a publicly maintained way - which is open to vehicular travel.
School Crossing guard
Highway or street
Court of Criminal Appeals
parole
28. To collect - gather - take up - seize - or execute on monies - real - or personal property under a lwfully issued writ.
20ft
Dispose or dump
Motion
Levy
29. Miranda v. Arizona
Obscene
Alias Citation
5th Amendment Trial
verdict
30. Can't stop - stand - or park within how many ft. of a traffic control device thats on the side of the road?
Farm Tractor
30ft
Shoulder
polygraph
31. Place any type of litter on or in land/water
riot
Freeway main lane
Dispose or dump
Bus
32. In Re Gault
Special mobile equipment
6th Amendment trial
fair preponderance
Open fields
33. Reasonable grounds for supposing that a criminal charge is well-founded.
probable cause
'Et Ux'
Bailee
Licencse Ineligibility
34. Vehicle not designed to haul persons or property. O LESS THAN 40FT IN LENGTH.
Flashing yellow light
Special mobile equipment
Alias Citation
indictment
35. Is used to recover possession of rental property.
cross examination
transcript
Writ of possesion
Obscene
36. Is a order signed by a proper magistrate directing a sheriff to recieve and place in jail.
corroboration evidence
Commitment
extradition
no bill
37. To release a person arrested or imprisoned - on security being taken - for his/her appearance in court on a specified day and place.
robbery
incompetent evidence
fence
bail
38. Common-law and constitutional prohibition against more than one prosecution of the same crime - transaction - or omission
Obscene
search warrant
condemnation
double jeopardy
39. Temporary seizure or setting aside of specific to wich a party to a suit has claim of ownership.
Conservator Of Peace
Sequestration
9th Amendment
Bicycle
40. It is recognized as an extension of the sidewalk and doesnt have to be marked on the roadway to be considered lawful.
Crosswalk
Urban district
necessarily included offenses
instruction
41. And wife. The phrase was formely common in case names and legal documents invovling a husband and wife jointly.
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42. RIGHT TO BE INDICTED BY A GRAND JURY - Notice of charges - Double jeopardy - Self Incrimination - Due Process - Reasonable reimbursement for property
Contempt
5th Amendment
cross examination
'Et Seq'
43. The predominate appeal of the matter taken as a whole is to a prurient interest in sexual conduct involving minors.
discovery
Race
Obscene
prosecutor
44. Giving or pronouncing a judgment or decree; also the judgment given.
subpoena
Laned roadway
rout
adjudication
45. Law in its regular course of administration through the courts of justice. the guarantee of due process requires that every person have the protection of a fair trial
Fraud
Libel
due process
motor vehicle non-traffic accident
46. Go thru only with caution
cross examination
6th Amendment trial
mistrial
Flashing yellow light
47. 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.
Highway or street
nolo contendere
magistrate
recognizance
48. Area in roadway designaaed for exclusive pedestrian use. Mus have signage or markings
accomplice
Safety Zone
Flashing yellow light
bail bond
49. 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.
Flashing yellow light
Trailer
noxious substance
injunction
50. Probable cause to search vehicle (Carroll v. U.S)
Motor Vehicle Searches
commutation
preponderance of evidence
Inadmissible
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