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Police Legal Vocab
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1. 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
feigned accomplice
dactyloscopy
best evidence
2. Intent to commit an unlawful act or cause harm without legal justification or excuse.
brief
bailiff
peremptory challenge
malice
3. A legal document (process) signed by a judicial officer commanding a witness to appear and testify at a specific time and place
subpoena
domicile
4th Amendment
Sidewalk
4. Motor vehicle used to draw another vehicle. NOT MEANT TO CARRY A LOAD - OTHER HAN PART OF THE WEIGHT OF THE OTHER VEHICLERO
Truck tractor
crime
Litter
Alias Citation
5. Written or Oral application for a ruling or order from the court.
Motor Vehicle Searches
Special mobile equipment
Motion
Alley
6. The introduction of rebutting evidence; the showing that the statements of witnesses as to what occurred are not true; the stage of trial at which such evidence may be introduced.
rebuttal
search warrant
nightstick
Levy
7. 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
20ft
change of venue
Motion
subpoena
8. Land next to and including the highway if - It's NOT IN A MUNICIPALITY AND It has HOMES OR BUSINESSES on it at intervals of less than 100ft - for at least a quarter mile
domicile
Urban district
Freeway main lane
Motor carrier
9. 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.
opinion evidence
false arrest
Affiant
discovery
10. Can't stop - stand - or park within how many ft. of a traffic control device thats on the side of the road?
Improved shoulder
30ft
magistrate
Limitation
11. The predominate appeal of the matter taken as a whole is to a prurient interest in sexual conduct involving minors.
Obscene
parole
prosecutor
Nighttime
12. Any substance capable of generating offensive - noxious - or suffocating fumes - gasses - or vapors.
Truck tractor
noxious substance
plaintiff
4th Amendment
13. A legislative enactment by a municipality (e.g.' local curfew - parking violations); a local law as opposed to a state statute.
ordinance
Urban district
Park or parking
Alias Citation
14. 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.
Flammable liquid
Sidewalk
discovery
mandamus
15. The change of a punishment from a greater degree to a lesser degree - as from death to life imprisonment
commutation
Crosswalk
motive
writ
16. Roadway that is divided into at least 2 clearly marked lanes.
Trailer
Laned roadway
Alias Citation
prosecutor
17. 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.
Urban district
accomplice
Fraud
feigned accomplice
18. Probable cause to search vehicle (Carroll v. U.S)
Motor Vehicle Searches
Crosswalk
search warrant
synergism
19. Person who swears to an affidavit or statement
tort
principles
cross examination
Affiant
20. Persons -Houses - papers - and effects from unreasonable searches and seizure - NO WARRANTS EXCEPT UPON PROBABLE CAUSE
Jurisdiction Of County Courts
preponderance of evidence
mistrial
4th Amendment
21. 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.
ordinance
crime
indictment
recognizance
22. When an attorney works for client for no fee.
Pro Bono
20ft
rout
bailiff
23. And wife. The phrase was formely common in case names and legal documents invovling a husband and wife jointly.
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24. Vehicle not designed to haul persons or property. O LESS THAN 40FT IN LENGTH.
Residence district
Dispose or dump
transcript
Special mobile equipment
25. Allows a landlord who prevails in an eviction suit to regain possession of the premises that were in dispute.
bailiff
advancing prostitution
writ of possesion (Eviction)
5th Amendment
26. Duran v. City of Douglas - Az
1st Amendment trial
felony
'Ex Rel'
Injuction
27. A suitor who - on account of poverty - is allowed to sue or defend without being chargable with cost
Ethnicity
Dispose or dump
brief
Indigent/Pauper
28. 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
Return
commutation
default
adjudication
29. Is used to recover possession of rental property.
chambers
arraignment
Court of Criminal Appeals
Writ of possesion
30. 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.
Truck tractor
allegation
parole
best evidence
31. Primary evidence - as distinguished from secondary evidence; the best and highest evidence of which the nature of the case is susceptible
best evidence
20ft
Freeway main lane
adjudication
32. Is a order signed by a proper magistrate directing a sheriff to recieve and place in jail.
Jurisdiction Of County Courts
Commitment
indictment
'Ex Rel'
33. 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.
Official Misconduct
Levy
Nighttime
5th Amendment
34. A term commonly used to denote the disagreement of one or more judges of a court with the decision of the majority
Shoulder
change of venue
bind over
dissent
35. To run the hands quickly over another's person in search of weapons or contra ban; a 'pat down' search.
Frisk
Pleadings
Crosswalk
Trailer
36. 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
Improved shoulder
6th Amendment
Nighttime
Business district
37. A proceeding whereby one party to an action may be informed as to facts known by other parties or witnesses
Licencse Ineligibility
discovery
accessory
Flammable liquid
38. A misdeed or trespass. The improper performance of some act which a person may lawfully do.
Bicycle
Inadmissible
Capias
misfeasance
39. 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
Traffic
Residence district
condemnation
fence
40. Strip of land next to the highway - at least 300 ft long - that is improved and used primarily for residences.
'Et Ux'
Bailee
condemnation
Residence district
41. 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.
Libel
Ethnicity
felony
Highway or street
42. The practical application of the scientific study of fingerprint comparisons and the classification of prints
robbery
probable cause
Traffic control signal
dactyloscopy
43. 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
adjudication
venue
6th amendment
44. Portion of a street that is in between the edge of the road and adjacent property line.
Exclusionary Rule
Flashing yellow light
Laned roadway
Sidewalk
45. No force quarterly of soldiers - permitted only in war time and in accordance with the law.
malice
noxious substance
self-defense
3rd Amendment
46. 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.
Writ Of Possesion (Non-Eviction)
ordinance
bailiff
Motor carrier
47. 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.
6th Amendment trial
indictment
Bicycle
rout
48. A highway that has PREFENTIAL RIGHT OF WAY in an intersection
4th Amendment trial
Through highway
rebuttal
5th Amendment Trial
49. An original writ commanding judges or officers of inferior courts to certify or to return records of proceedings in a cause for judicial review
injunction
certiorari
Truck tractor
advancing prostitution
50. Proceedings held to determine wheter a person has violated a lawful court order and to set punishment if viloation is found.
Commercial Motor vehicle
embezzlement
felony
Contempt