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Police Legal Vocab
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. 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
Shoulder
cross examination
writ of possesion (Eviction)
expunge
2. 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
bind over
Sequestration
Gross combination weight rating
Commercial Motor vehicle
3. Document filed by the plantiff with the clerk of the court that outlines the basis of the complaint - against the defendant.
commutation
negligence
mistrial
Petition
4. The act of physically destroying files - records - or information; for example - upon judicial order
assault
false arrest
transcript
expunge
5. Oral or written statements made to the court presenting the claims and defenses of the parites
felony
nightstick
Libel
Pleadings
6. The protection of one's person or property against some injury attempted by another. The law of 'self-defense' justifies an act done in the reasonable belief of immediate danger. When acting in justifiable self-defense - a person may not be punished
self-defense
nolo contendere
feigned accomplice
Habitual criminal
7. An erroneous or invalid trial; a trial which can not stand in law because of lack of jurisdiction - wrong drawing of jurors - or disregard of some other fundamental requisite.
riot
mistrial
Exclusionary Rule
polygraph
8. Portion of the highway - other than the shoulder.
Freeway main lane
Writ of possesion
Roadway
Indigent/Pauper
9. Portion of a street that is in between the edge of the road and adjacent property line.
Habitual criminal
Sidewalk
dissent
Open fields
10. Circumstances which render a crime less aggravated - heinous - or reprehensible than it would otherwise be
bail
Freeway main lane
extenuation circumstances
change of venue
11. 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.
Business district
Inventory
Class 'B' dl
indictment
12. 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.
robbery
'Prima Face'
demur
Commitment
13. An unlawful attempt - coupled with a present ability - to commit a violent injury on the person of another
verdict
assault
Court of Criminal Appeals
change of venue
14. 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
polygraph
bind over
riot
Statute
15. To stand an occupied or unoccupied vehicle other than while loading or unloading
Park or parking
parole
extortion - theft by
Petition
16. The particular county - city - or geographic area in which a court with jurisdiction may hear and determine a case
Gross combination weight rating
incompetent evidence
venue
necessarily included offenses
17. An obligation signed by the accused - with his/her sureties - to secure his/her presence in court
Inventory
Garishment
bail bond
mistrial
18. And wife. The phrase was formely common in case names and legal documents invovling a husband and wife jointly.
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19. The challenge which the prosecution or defense may use to reject a certain number of prospective jurors without assigning cause.
peremptory challenge
transcript
rout
forgery
20. Rubbish - refuse - waste material - offal - paper - glass - cans - bottles - trash - debris - or any foreign substance of whatever kind or description and whether or not it is of value.
synergism
ordinance
Litter
Dispose or dump
21. The change of a punishment from a greater degree to a lesser degree - as from death to life imprisonment
Alias Citation
Flashing yellow light
commutation
amicus curiae
22. Any sign - signal - marking - or device that is placed lawfully and is used to regulate - warn - or guide traffic
default
Litter
Official traffic control device
Race
23. One of the lanes on the freeway
burglary
corroboration evidence
Freeway main lane
'Ex Rel'
24. That which - under the established rules of evidence - cannot be admitted or received into a court of law.
misfeasance
Dispose or dump
Inadmissible
expunge
25. Written questions propounded by one party and served on an adversary - who must provide answers thereto under oath.
Alley
Injuction
recognizance
interrogatories
26. 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
extortion - theft by
Shoulder
cause
Sequestration
27. Paved Shoulder
6th amendment
corroboration evidence
search warrant
Improved shoulder
28. To collect - gather - take up - seize - or execute on monies - real - or personal property under a lwfully issued writ.
Levy
certiorari
2nd Amendment
Race
29. 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
riot
indictment
Improved shoulder
voir dire
30. Original jurisdiction of all misdemeanors of which exclusive original jurisdiction is not given to teh justice court - and shall not exceed $500.
Nighttime
Jurisdiction Of County Courts
best evidence
5th Amendment Trial
31. A mandatory or prohibitive writ issued by a court.
injunction
4th Amendment trial
Pleadings
motive
32. Sheriff
Conservator Of Peace
recognizance
Pro Bono
malice
33. Can't stop - stand - or park within how many ft. of a traffic control device thats on the side of the road?
30ft
rebuttal
15ft
14th Amendment
34. 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.
necessarily included offenses
search warrant
Injuction
negligence
35. A 'default' in an action of law occurs when a defendant fails to plead within the time allowed or fails to appear at the trial
Urban district
default
dactyloscopy
Chattel
36. An instruction by the judge to the jury to return a specific verdict
directed verdict
Laned roadway
20ft
Daytime
37. A pleading usually used by defendants in criminal cases - which literally means 'I will not contest it'.
peremptory challenge
verdict
nolo contendere
Petition
38. In criminal practice - bringing a prisoner to the bar of the court to answer to a criminal charg
expunge
3rd Amendment
arraignment
dactyloscopy
39. A public offense or wrong that is forbidden by law
Bailee
15ft
crime
noxious substance
40. Intent to commit an unlawful act or cause harm without legal justification or excuse.
interrogatories
malice
Garishment
Commitment
41. A suit - litigation - or action - that is either civil or criminal
14th Amendment
Class 'B' dl
prosecutor
cause
42. The predominate appeal of the matter taken as a whole is to a prurient interest in sexual conduct involving minors.
motor vehicle non-traffic accident
Conservator Of Peace
Obscene
Fraud
43. A term commonly used to denote the disagreement of one or more judges of a court with the decision of the majority
dissent
Mistake of law
battery
'Prima Face'
44. The name of a writ which issues from a court of superior jurisdiction - directed to an inferior court - commanding the performance of a particular act.
false arrest
mandamus
demur
Mistake of law
45. Liquid that has a flash point of not more than 70 degrees
Habitual criminal
Flammable liquid
feigned accomplice
Open fields
46. A legislative enactment by a federal or state body of legislators - more frequently referred to as 'a law'
'Et Al'
3rd Amendment
Statute
School Crossing guard
47. Steet not primarily used for hrought traffic - that provides access to building or lots
20ft
amicus curiae
Alley
Affiant
48. A highway that has PREFENTIAL RIGHT OF WAY in an intersection
Through highway
Limitation
tort
advancing prostitution
49. Can be issued by a clerk of the court
Commitment
Sidewalk
Capias
Freeway main lane
50. Citizens of each state are also - citizens of the U.S. state governments must adhere to the U.S. Constitution.
14th Amendment
Litter
Daytime
accomplice