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Police Legal Vocab
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Right to an attorney during criminal proceedingis What amendment
Open fields
15ft
6th amendment
recognizance
2. 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
dissent
motive
recognizance
discovery
3. 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.
Bus
battery
recognizance
Right of way
4. To run the hands quickly over another's person in search of weapons or contra ban; a 'pat down' search.
20ft
chambers
Frisk
bind over
5. 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.
misfeasance
Improved shoulder
search warrant
battery
6. A motor vehicle designed to carry more than 10 or motor vehicle other than a cab
venue
embezzlement
Motor carrier
Bus
7. Area between the boundary lines/ right of way lines of a publicly maintained way - which is open to vehicular travel.
Highway or street
plaintiff
parole
Urban district
8. 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
Improved shoulder
Trailer
forgery
9. 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.
writ
Safety Zone
Libel
corroboration evidence
10. 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.
parole
tort
Contempt
directed verdict
11. In Re Gault
6th Amendment
6th Amendment trial
extradition
voir dire
12. A highway that has PREFENTIAL RIGHT OF WAY in an intersection
Return
Through highway
Park or parking
misfeasance
13. 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
Highway or street
principles
Commercial Motor vehicle
expert evidence
14. Area in roadway designaaed for exclusive pedestrian use. Mus have signage or markings
necessarily included offenses
subpoena
Writ Of Possesion (Non-Eviction)
Safety Zone
15. The official record of proceedings in a trial or hearing
extenuation circumstances
'Et Ux'
transcript
Race
16. 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
self-defense
interrogatories
1st Amendment trial
Affiant
17. Persons -Houses - papers - and effects from unreasonable searches and seizure - NO WARRANTS EXCEPT UPON PROBABLE CAUSE
Flammable liquid
bail
4th Amendment
Special mobile equipment
18. The persons who are actively concerned in the prosecution or defense of a legal proceeding.
Parties
decree
nightstick
venue
19. 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
Alley
felony
equitable action
condemnation
20. Private office or room of a judge
Safety Zone
chambers
Daytime
power of attorney
21. 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.
Roadway
School crossing zone
Writ Of Possesion (Non-Eviction)
Highway or street
22. Is used to recover possession of rental property.
Right of way
amicus curiae
Writ of possesion
crime
23. Citation issued after the original ciation usually directed to the sheriff or another county or directed to the defendant under another.
Nighttime
Alias Citation
Chattel
state's evidence
24. From 1/2 hour after sunset to 1/2 hour before sunrise.
Truck
corroboration evidence
advancing prostitution
Nighttime
25. The practical application of the scientific study of fingerprint comparisons and the classification of prints
dactyloscopy
synergism
Flashing yellow light
Fraud
26. Go thru only with caution
Mistake of law
Flashing yellow light
Flammable liquid
cause
27. An officer having power to issue a warrant for the arrest of a person charged with a public offense.
synergism
noxious substance
battery
magistrate
28. A mandatory or prohibitive writ issued by a court.
expert evidence
injunction
Freeway main lane
extradition
29. A motor vehicle used primarily as a farm implement.
Sidewalk
synergism
bail
Farm Tractor
30. Sheriff
advancing prostitution
plaintiff
Urban district
Conservator Of Peace
31. A pleading usually used by defendants in criminal cases - which literally means 'I will not contest it'.
synergism
Improved shoulder
nolo contendere
fair preponderance
32. Probable cause to search vehicle (Carroll v. U.S)
Affiant
Chattel
corroboration evidence
Motor Vehicle Searches
33. Against A Thing.
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34. 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
Limitation
Commercial Motor vehicle
bailiff
1st amendment
35. And other persons. -Commonly used to include anyone associated the named defendant in reference to the matter before he court.
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36. A misdeed or trespass. The improper performance of some act which a person may lawfully do.
felony
Statute
Affiant
misfeasance
37. A direction given by the judge to the jury concerning the law of the case.
extradition
Flashing yellow light
instruction
'Prima Face'
38. Detailed list of articles of assests containing a designation or description of each specific article.
probable cause
Exclusionary Rule
crime
Inventory
39. A 'person' that direct the operation of one or more vehicles that haul people or cargo.
Motor carrier
Through highway
rebuttal
2nd Amendment
40. Portion of the highway - other than the shoulder.
10th Amendment
Roadway
instruction
Through highway
41. The act of physically destroying files - records - or information; for example - upon judicial order
prosecutor
expunge
Class 'A' dl
Licencse Ineligibility
42. Any unlawful physical restraint of another's liberty - whether in prison or in custody
ordinance
extenuation circumstances
Roadway
false arrest
43. The challenge which the prosecution or defense may use to reject a certain number of prospective jurors without assigning cause.
certiorari
Licencse Ineligibility
Residence district
peremptory challenge
44. Evidence sufficient to convince the triers of fact that the party who has the burden of doing so has established its cause
parole
fair preponderance
false arrest
extenuation circumstances
45. Testimony - given by an accomplice or participant in a crime - tending to convict others.
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46. Reduced speed zone to facilitate children going to and from school.
expunge
School crossing zone
4th Amendment
Habitual criminal
47. A term commonly used to denote the disagreement of one or more judges of a court with the decision of the majority
dissent
Ethnicity
rebuttal
tort
48. Value specified as the loaded weight of a combination or articulated vehicle
Gross combination weight rating
Highway or street
directed verdict
cause
49. Manaul - electric - or mechanical device that directs traffic to stop and to proceed.
state's evidence
Traffic control signal
Exclusionary Rule
commutation
50. The false making or material altering - with intent to defraud - of any writing which - if genuine - might be the foundation of a legal liability
Official traffic control device
forgery
Motor Vehicle Searches
Parties