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Police Legal Vocab
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Paved Shoulder
Obscene
14th Amendment
Improved shoulder
Highway or street
2. 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
feigned accomplice
voir dire
nolo contendere
Roadway
3. The change of a punishment from a greater degree to a lesser degree - as from death to life imprisonment
commutation
tort
Malfeasance
Litter
4. An instrument authorizing another to act as one's agent or attorney.
14th Amendment
power of attorney
indictment
double jeopardy
5. Miranda v. Arizona
Inventory
5th Amendment Trial
Flammable liquid
Improved shoulder
6. Tenn v. Garner
directed verdict
Habitual criminal
Motion
4th Amendment trial
7. Is a order signed by a proper magistrate directing a sheriff to recieve and place in jail.
Trailer
Laned roadway
no bill
Commitment
8. Portion of the highway - other than the shoulder.
probable cause
Crosswalk
Roadway
'Et Al'
9. Can be issued by a clerk of the court
Parties
accomplice
Capias
Jurisdiction Of County Courts
10. An article of personal property as distinguished from from real property.
Chattel
Bus
plaintiff
bind over
11. Proceedings held to determine wheter a person has violated a lawful court order and to set punishment if viloation is found.
3rd Amendment
Exclusionary Rule
Contempt
discovery
12. A 'person' that direct the operation of one or more vehicles that haul people or cargo.
Motor carrier
Open fields
Nighttime
Shoulder
13. A. Served by an sheriff or constable B. Directs defendant to deliver possession of certain property to the officer - who the delivers the property to the person the court has directed.
6th Amendment
bail bond
Highway or street
Writ Of Possesion (Non-Eviction)
14. Shared culture and background - Shared language - religion and other culture patterns
writ
Indigent/Pauper
Ethnicity
bailiff
15. Roadway that is divided into at least 2 clearly marked lanes.
Laned roadway
change of venue
extenuation circumstances
8th Amendment
16. Right to bear arms
adjudication
2nd Amendment
Roadway
School Crossing guard
17. Original jurisdiction of all misdemeanors of which exclusive original jurisdiction is not given to teh justice court - and shall not exceed $500.
cross examination
Jurisdiction Of County Courts
Class 'A' dl
bail bond
18. Temporary seizure or setting aside of specific to wich a party to a suit has claim of ownership.
principles
Freeway
Class 'A' dl
Sequestration
19. 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
writ of possesion (Eviction)
instruction
dissent
cross examination
20. One of the lanes on the freeway
indictment
Motion
Freeway main lane
Daytime
21. One who initiates the prosecution upon which an accused is arrested or who offers or presents an accusation against the party whom he/she suspects to be guilty; also - one who takes charge of a case and performs the functions of a trial lawyer for th
Ethnicity
prosecutor
noxious substance
preponderance of evidence
22. The testimony of a witness not taken in open court - but in pursuance of authority given by statute or rule of court to take testimony elsewhere
deposition
corroboration evidence
4th Amendment
Safety Zone
23. To file a pleading (called a demurrer) admitting the truth of the facts in the complaint or answer - but contending
Residence district
indictment
Race
demur
24. Greater weight of evidence - or evidence which is more credible and convincing to the mind - not necessarily the greater number of witnesses.
Commercial Motor vehicle
preponderance of evidence
Parties
polygraph
25. 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.
School Crossing guard
ordinance
mandamus
no bill
26. In Re Gault
power of attorney
6th Amendment trial
commutation
Alley
27. A person who brings an action; the party who complains or sues in a personal action and is so named on the record.
plaintiff
decree
robbery
Litter
28. A written or printed document prepared by counsel to file in court - usually setting forth both facts and law in support of the case
cause
Flashing yellow light
brief
'Et Seq'
29. A pleading usually used by defendants in criminal cases - which literally means 'I will not contest it'.
Shoulder
nolo contendere
domicile
Bus
30. 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
School Crossing guard
4th Amendment trial
default
4th Amendment
31. Sheriff
Conservator Of Peace
'Et Al'
15ft
Libel
32. Evidence illegally obtained by police officers can-not be used against the accused in a criminal case. (Mapp v. Ohio)
chambers
Exclusionary Rule
dissent
Frisk
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34. Person - at least 18 yrs. old - that has the job of directing traffic in school zone.
School Crossing guard
Shoulder
default
Capias
35. Written questions propounded by one party and served on an adversary - who must provide answers thereto under oath.
no bill
equitable action
interrogatories
ordinance
36. 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.
Pro Bono
Official Misconduct
Litter
equitable action
37. The persons who are actively concerned in the prosecution or defense of a legal proceeding.
incompetent evidence
transcript
Parties
Bus
38. 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.
Safety Zone
noxious substance
writ
parole
39. Citizens of each state are also - citizens of the U.S. state governments must adhere to the U.S. Constitution.
Shoulder
14th Amendment
opinion evidence
Licencse Ineligibility
40. A crime of a graver nature than a misdemeanor. generally - an offense punishable by death or imprisonment in a penitentiary
felony
Urban district
parole
arraignment
41. 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
amicus curiae
Bus
motive
Return
42. An instruction by the judge to the jury to return a specific verdict
directed verdict
best evidence
Limitation
6th Amendment trial
43. Reduced speed zone to facilitate children going to and from school.
'Ex Rel'
Improved shoulder
School crossing zone
self-defense
44. 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.
fence
voir dire
Freeway main lane
battery
45. 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.
2nd Amendment
Return
tort
writ
46. 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.
Injuction
embezzlement
decree
prosecutor
47. In criminal practice - bringing a prisoner to the bar of the court to answer to a criminal charg
extortion - theft by
nolo contendere
Statute
arraignment
48. The surrender by one state to another of an individual accused or convicted of an offense outside its own territory and within the territorial jurisdiction of the other
transcript
extradition
mistrial
robbery
49. 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
due process
necessarily included offenses
false arrest
Through highway
50. A legislative enactment by a municipality (e.g.' local curfew - parking violations); a local law as opposed to a state statute.
Commitment
fair preponderance
search warrant
ordinance