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Police Legal Vocab
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law
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Any unlawful physical restraint of another's liberty - whether in prison or in custody
false arrest
School Crossing guard
interrogatories
Commitment
2. A legislative enactment by a federal or state body of legislators - more frequently referred to as 'a law'
Statute
subpoena
Commercial Motor vehicle
venue
3. 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
Truck
default
assault
Pleadings
4. In practice - the formal and unanimous decision or finding made by a jury - reported to the court - and accepted by it.
accessory
verdict
Frisk
Motor Vehicle Searches
5. 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.
default
Freeway
rout
6th Amendment trial
6. 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.
Licencse Ineligibility
self-defense
Class 'A' dl
indictment
7. 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
subpoena
riot
Improved shoulder
8. 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.
Through highway
Bicycle
Jurisdiction Of County Courts
Writ Of Possesion (Non-Eviction)
9. Circumstances which render a crime less aggravated - heinous - or reprehensible than it would otherwise be
'Et Seq'
20ft
synergism
extenuation circumstances
10. 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.
riot
Habitual criminal
Bicycle
nightstick
11. 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.
Through highway
nolo contendere
Frisk
Trailer
12. And the following one or ones.
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13. Area between the boundary lines/ right of way lines of a publicly maintained way - which is open to vehicular travel.
extortion - theft by
equitable action
Highway or street
bail bond
14. A proceeding whereby one party to an action may be informed as to facts known by other parties or witnesses
crime
discovery
6th Amendment trial
Safety Zone
15. 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.
Class 'B' dl
Libel
Through highway
adjudication
16. 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.
Inventory
Fraud
synergism
Business district
17. One of the lanes on the freeway
Freeway main lane
Motor Vehicle Searches
Default Judgement
deposition
18. Can't stop - stand - or park within how many ft. of a fire hydrate?
'Et Ux'
default
15ft
certiorari
19. Paved Shoulder
Pleadings
no bill
Improved shoulder
'Prima Face'
20. Manaul - electric - or mechanical device that directs traffic to stop and to proceed.
Obscene
Traffic control signal
Right of way
'Ex Rel'
21. The legal process by which real estate of a private owner is taken for public use without his/her consent - but upon the award and payment of just compensation
Motion
ordinance
Through highway
condemnation
22. All persons concerned in the commission of a crime - whether they directly commit the act constituting the offense or aid in its commission or have advised and encouraged its commission - all persons counseling - advising - or encouraging children un
Jurisdiction Of County Courts
writ of possesion (Eviction)
principles
14th Amendment
23. 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.
Return
best evidence
Right of way
corroboration evidence
24. 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.
3rd Amendment
Open fields
4th Amendment
no bill
25. 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
6th Amendment trial
Business district
Affiant
bailiff
26. Sheriff
Conservator Of Peace
accessory
Bicycle
cause
27. Where an offense cannot be accomplished without necessarily committing another offense - the latter is a necessarily included offense. For example - every battery includes an assault. Murder includes manslaughter.
necessarily included offenses
Class 'A' dl
rout
false arrest
28. Shared culture and background - Shared language - religion and other culture patterns
prosecutor
Court of Criminal Appeals
Ethnicity
felony
29. 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
verdict
equitable action
Race
polygraph
30. Allows a landlord who prevails in an eviction suit to regain possession of the premises that were in dispute.
writ of possesion (Eviction)
no bill
Traffic
cause
31. And other persons. -Commonly used to include anyone associated the named defendant in reference to the matter before he court.
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32. Offense that is an intentional or knowing violation of a law committed by a public servant while acting in an official capacity as a public servant.
incompetent evidence
Open fields
Official Misconduct
instruction
33. To stand an occupied or unoccupied vehicle other than while loading or unloading
rout
Levy
malice
Park or parking
34. To run the hands quickly over another's person in search of weapons or contra ban; a 'pat down' search.
Capias
10th Amendment
Frisk
Flammable liquid
35. Any sign - signal - marking - or device that is placed lawfully and is used to regulate - warn - or guide traffic
Official traffic control device
Alias Citation
Bus
Libel
36. Area in roadway designaaed for exclusive pedestrian use. Mus have signage or markings
expunge
arraignment
14th Amendment
Safety Zone
37. Any willful and unlawful use of force or violence upon the person of another
subpoena
battery
Writ Of Possesion (Non-Eviction)
Urban district
38. An order or precept in writing - issued in the name of the people or of a court or judicial officer.
testimony
writ
Ethnicity
embezzlement
39. Evidence given by a competent witness - under oath; as distinguished from evidence derived from writings and other sources
testimony
default
Levy
Petition
40. Motor vehicle - primarily designed to transport property.
Exclusionary Rule
Truck
Open fields
Mistake of law
41. Place any type of litter on or in land/water
robbery
nightstick
Dispose or dump
Truck
42. Go thru only with caution
Flashing yellow light
cause
discovery
Writ Of Possesion (Non-Eviction)
43. 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
Truck tractor
incompetent evidence
accomplice
motive
44. From 1/2 hour before sunrise - to 1/2 hour after sunset
Daytime
Mistake of law
Injuction
riot
45. Value specified as the loaded weight of a combination or articulated vehicle
Inventory
Gross combination weight rating
change of venue
Conservator Of Peace
46. A suit - litigation - or action - that is either civil or criminal
School crossing zone
cause
recognizance
Indigent/Pauper
47. Strip of land next to the highway - at least 300 ft long - that is improved and used primarily for residences.
Residence district
4th Amendment
probable cause
3rd Amendment
48. The predominate appeal of the matter taken as a whole is to a prurient interest in sexual conduct involving minors.
Traffic control signal
3rd Amendment
Obscene
verdict
49. Any substance capable of generating offensive - noxious - or suffocating fumes - gasses - or vapors.
Trailer
10th Amendment
necessarily included offenses
noxious substance
50. 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.
Default Judgement
recognizance
negligence
Race