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Police Legal Vocab
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1. Portion of the highway - other than the shoulder.
probable cause
Roadway
mandamus
Trailer
2. Can't stop - stand - or park within how many ft. of a fire hydrate?
rout
interrogatories
15ft
plaintiff
3. The particular county - city - or geographic area in which a court with jurisdiction may hear and determine a case
Motion
demur
Contempt
venue
4. And other persons. -Commonly used to include anyone associated the named defendant in reference to the matter before he court.
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5. To speak the truth. The phrase denoted the preliminary examination which the court may make of one presented as a witness or juror - as to his/her qualifications.
advancing prostitution
tort
voir dire
brief
6. RIGHT TO BE INDICTED BY A GRAND JURY - Notice of charges - Double jeopardy - Self Incrimination - Due Process - Reasonable reimbursement for property
5th Amendment
writ
opinion evidence
Business district
7. The general class or type of property taken or the reason why the offense was committed. In crimes where property is taken - the motive will be the type of property taken. The specific type of property which the thief desired to acquire might include
Licencse Ineligibility
writ
allegation
motive
8. Can't stop - stand - or park within how many ft. of crosswalk at an intersection?
Official traffic control device
Truck tractor
voir dire
20ft
9. 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.
Indigent/Pauper
mandamus
3rd Amendment
Bus
10. Speedy trial - Public trial - Unbiased jury - Knowledge of accusation/charge - Cross examine witnesses - obtain witnesses - Representation by an attorney
6th Amendment
9th Amendment
accessory
Jurisdiction Of County Courts
11. Paved Shoulder
Improved shoulder
Dispose or dump
riot
10th Amendment
12. Liquid that has a flash point of not more than 70 degrees
Highway or street
mistrial
Flammable liquid
Truck
13. An injury or wrong committed - either with or without force - to the person or property of another
tort
Business district
'In Rem'
arraignment
14. The fraudulent appropriation by a person for his/her own use or benefit of property or money entrusted to him/her by another
cause
feigned accomplice
Frisk
embezzlement
15. Person who swears to an affidavit or statement
Licencse Ineligibility
30ft
Affiant
extortion - theft by
16. 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
Class 'A' dl
'In Rem'
principles
advancing prostitution
17. 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.
Injuction
Commitment
parole
transcript
18. Greater weight of evidence - or evidence which is more credible and convincing to the mind - not necessarily the greater number of witnesses.
extortion - theft by
preponderance of evidence
accomplice
recognizance
19. Right to bail - Protection from excessive fines - No cruel of unusual punishment
arraignment
8th Amendment
incompetent evidence
Shoulder
20. 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
Pleadings
Fraud
Commercial Motor vehicle
5th Amendment Trial
21. A certain time allowed by statute in which litigation must be brought.
'Ex Rel'
5th Amendment
allegation
Limitation
22. 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.
interrogatories
Trailer
Improved shoulder
Class 'A' dl
23. 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.
tort
allegation
Daytime
robbery
24. 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.
extradition
Habitual criminal
Motor carrier
Truck
25. Circumstances which render a crime less aggravated - heinous - or reprehensible than it would otherwise be
extenuation circumstances
noxious substance
instruction
Class 'A' dl
26. Document filed by the plantiff with the clerk of the court that outlines the basis of the complaint - against the defendant.
Petition
advancing prostitution
chambers
5th Amendment Trial
27. Reasonable grounds for supposing that a criminal charge is well-founded.
Dispose or dump
'Et Al'
tort
probable cause
28. A public offense or wrong that is forbidden by law
crime
Shoulder
opinion evidence
dissent
29. 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
Shoulder
change of venue
deposition
directed verdict
30. Private office or room of a judge
opinion evidence
ordinance
indictment
chambers
31. Rights not mention retained by people
9th Amendment
Litter
bind over
6th amendment
32. To release a person arrested or imprisoned - on security being taken - for his/her appearance in court on a specified day and place.
bail
Sequestration
expert evidence
voir dire
33. A suit - litigation - or action - that is either civil or criminal
4th Amendment
cause
2nd Amendment
burglary
34. Miranda v. Arizona
1st Amendment trial
commutation
power of attorney
5th Amendment Trial
35. Can't stop - stand - or park within how many ft. of a traffic control device thats on the side of the road?
embezzlement
Motor Vehicle Searches
Special mobile equipment
30ft
36. By or on the relation of.
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37. Is a order signed by a proper magistrate directing a sheriff to recieve and place in jail.
Commitment
Traffic control signal
Farm Tractor
9th Amendment
38. Is an affimative defense
Licencse Ineligibility
Urban district
malice
Mistake of law
39. Allows a landlord who prevails in an eviction suit to regain possession of the premises that were in dispute.
1st amendment
writ of possesion (Eviction)
Frisk
probable cause
40. Sufficent to establish a fact or raise a presumption unless disproved or rebuted.
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41. An instruction by the judge to the jury to return a specific verdict
Indigent/Pauper
Dispose or dump
bailiff
directed verdict
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
discovery
Business district
battery
Park or parking
43. Evidence illegally obtained by police officers can-not be used against the accused in a criminal case. (Mapp v. Ohio)
corroboration evidence
tort
Exclusionary Rule
Truck tractor
44. 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.
Trailer
Return
Indigent/Pauper
default
45. 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
Highway or street
Gross combination weight rating
dissent
46. 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
Safety Zone
bail
dissent
feigned accomplice
47. A pleading usually used by defendants in criminal cases - which literally means 'I will not contest it'.
nolo contendere
9th Amendment
plaintiff
transcript
48. The change of a punishment from a greater degree to a lesser degree - as from death to life imprisonment
Farm Tractor
commutation
6th amendment
fair preponderance
49. A 'person' that direct the operation of one or more vehicles that haul people or cargo.
Sequestration
certiorari
Motor carrier
Traffic
50. The release of a person from a penal institution prior to expiration of the maximum period of imprisonment; a conditional release from prison subject to return upon violation.
polygraph
motor vehicle non-traffic accident
parole
Petition
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