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Police Legal Vocab
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. In criminal practice - bringing a prisoner to the bar of the court to answer to a criminal charg
Levy
arraignment
bind over
negligence
2. Paved Shoulder
corroboration evidence
Chattel
Improved shoulder
Bicycle
3. The challenge which the prosecution or defense may use to reject a certain number of prospective jurors without assigning cause.
venue
deposition
5th Amendment Trial
peremptory challenge
4. A public offense or wrong that is forbidden by law
Chattel
assault
expert evidence
crime
5. Intent to commit an unlawful act or cause harm without legal justification or excuse.
felony
plaintiff
malice
Sequestration
6. A direction given by the judge to the jury concerning the law of the case.
Truck tractor
instruction
Traffic
Open fields
7. 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.
6th Amendment trial
rout
Freeway main lane
Farm Tractor
8. Can't stop - stand - or park within how many ft. of a fire hydrate?
15ft
Daytime
expert evidence
crime
9. An order in writing - issued by a justice or magistrate - in the name of the state - directing an officer to search a specified house or other premise. Usually required as a condition before a legal search and seizure.
Alias Citation
brief
search warrant
Court of Criminal Appeals
10. Can be pedestrians - ridden or herded animals or vehicles.
Traffic
Bailee
Freeway
Truck
11. 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.
Nighttime
default
Libel
Flashing yellow light
12. 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.
Shoulder
testimony
Fraud
30ft
13. Liquid that has a flash point of not more than 70 degrees
Flammable liquid
principles
polygraph
rout
14. 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
'Ex Rel'
Litter
advancing prostitution
self-defense
15. Person who swears to an affidavit or statement
voir dire
embezzlement
adjudication
Affiant
16. The entering of a private or restricted premise with the intent to commit grand theft - petty theft - or a felony
fence
burglary
Gross combination weight rating
robbery
17. The fraudulent appropriation by a person for his/her own use or benefit of property or money entrusted to him/her by another
embezzlement
Litter
Laned roadway
corroboration evidence
18. 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
nolo contendere
Dispose or dump
Alias Citation
cross examination
19. RIGHT TO BE INDICTED BY A GRAND JURY - Notice of charges - Double jeopardy - Self Incrimination - Due Process - Reasonable reimbursement for property
5th Amendment
testimony
writ of possesion (Eviction)
6th Amendment trial
20. Any unlawful physical restraint of another's liberty - whether in prison or in custody
'Prima Face'
equitable action
rebuttal
false arrest
21. Document filed by the plantiff with the clerk of the court that outlines the basis of the complaint - against the defendant.
Alley
Petition
Frisk
parole
22. To hold on bail for trial
20ft
bind over
best evidence
self-defense
23. Vehicle not designed to haul persons or property. O LESS THAN 40FT IN LENGTH.
Writ of possesion
Special mobile equipment
assault
accomplice
24. Evidence illegally obtained by police officers can-not be used against the accused in a criminal case. (Mapp v. Ohio)
Exclusionary Rule
1st amendment
6th Amendment
Laned roadway
25. Evidence given by a competent witness - under oath; as distinguished from evidence derived from writings and other sources
testimony
Litter
Bailee
writ of possesion (Eviction)
26. That which - under the established rules of evidence - cannot be admitted or received into a court of law.
forgery
Commercial Motor vehicle
Default Judgement
Inadmissible
27. Sufficent to establish a fact or raise a presumption unless disproved or rebuted.
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28. An officer having power to issue a warrant for the arrest of a person charged with a public offense.
magistrate
14th Amendment
extradition
Daytime
29. Oral or written statements made to the court presenting the claims and defenses of the parites
decree
voir dire
commutation
Pleadings
30. Duran v. City of Douglas - Az
nightstick
accomplice
1st Amendment trial
Licencse Ineligibility
31. The official record of proceedings in a trial or hearing
Safety Zone
prosecutor
motor vehicle non-traffic accident
transcript
32. Shared culture and background - Shared language - religion and other culture patterns
misfeasance
Commercial Motor vehicle
Ethnicity
polygraph
33. Citation issued after the original ciation usually directed to the sheriff or another county or directed to the defendant under another.
Alias Citation
20ft
3rd Amendment
Contempt
34. A proceeding whereby property - money - or credits of a debtor - in possession of another (garnishee) - are applied to the debts of the debtor.
Garishment
Contempt
Sequestration
Frisk
35. Testimony - given by an accomplice or participant in a crime - tending to convict others.
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36. A suitor who - on account of poverty - is allowed to sue or defend without being chargable with cost
cause
fence
Indigent/Pauper
certiorari
37. A court attendant whose duties are to keep order in the courtroom and to have custody of the jury
Contempt
bailiff
parole
Frisk
38. Sheriff
robbery
arraignment
polygraph
Conservator Of Peace
39. An original writ commanding judges or officers of inferior courts to certify or to return records of proceedings in a cause for judicial review
Bus
Class 'A' dl
certiorari
interrogatories
40. A legal document (process) signed by a judicial officer commanding a witness to appear and testify at a specific time and place
Crosswalk
subpoena
mistrial
arraignment
41. 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
default
change of venue
Contempt
'Et Al'
42. To stand an occupied or unoccupied vehicle other than while loading or unloading
Park or parking
amicus curiae
20ft
Pleadings
43. Testimony given in relation to some scientific - technical - or professional matter by experts; i.e. - persons qualified to speak authoritatively by reason of their special training - skill - or familiarity with the subject
polygraph
forgery
parole
expert evidence
44. 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.
synergism
Traffic
cross examination
opinion evidence
45. A highway that has PREFENTIAL RIGHT OF WAY in an intersection
opinion evidence
Laned roadway
Through highway
Nighttime
46. A mandatory or prohibitive writ issued by a court.
injunction
Commercial Motor vehicle
burglary
Freeway main lane
47. And wife. The phrase was formely common in case names and legal documents invovling a husband and wife jointly.
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48. No force quarterly of soldiers - permitted only in war time and in accordance with the law.
parole
arraignment
'Et Al'
3rd Amendment
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.
transcript
Freeway main lane
Trailer
Court of Criminal Appeals
50. A decision or order of the court. a final decree is one which fully and finally disposes of the litigation; an interlocutory decree is a provisional or preliminary decree which is not final.
decree
30ft
no bill
Chattel