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Police Legal Vocab
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. Powers not identified belong to the states.
probable cause
accomplice
10th Amendment
domicile
2. Can't stop - stand - or park within how many ft. of a traffic control device thats on the side of the road?
peremptory challenge
Parties
Motion
30ft
3. A legislative enactment by a federal or state body of legislators - more frequently referred to as 'a law'
Statute
Roadway
no bill
demur
4. The predominate appeal of the matter taken as a whole is to a prurient interest in sexual conduct involving minors.
Obscene
writ of possesion (Eviction)
Capias
Default Judgement
5. Unlawfully obtaining property from another by threat. the threat - regardless of its nature must induce an 'oppressive condition or circumstance;' e.g. - threatening to inflict injury - or to accuse - or to expose a secret that tends to subject a per
extortion - theft by
1st Amendment trial
corroboration evidence
directed verdict
6. And the following one or ones.
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7. Any willful and unlawful use of force or violence upon the person of another
certiorari
battery
Laned roadway
5th Amendment Trial
8. 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.
Commercial Motor vehicle
Injuction
misfeasance
accomplice
9. The false making or material altering - with intent to defraud - of any writing which - if genuine - might be the foundation of a legal liability
Inventory
6th amendment
Bailee
forgery
10. Portion of a street that is in between the edge of the road and adjacent property line.
Sidewalk
Garishment
necessarily included offenses
Alias Citation
11. An order or precept in writing - issued in the name of the people or of a court or judicial officer.
writ
bind over
extradition
preponderance of evidence
12. 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.
subpoena
Motor Vehicle Searches
6th amendment
Return
13. 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.
transcript
nolo contendere
discovery
parole
14. Reduced speed zone to facilitate children going to and from school.
recognizance
no bill
School crossing zone
change of venue
15. Duran v. City of Douglas - Az
principles
1st Amendment trial
Sidewalk
subpoena
16. Detailed list of articles of assests containing a designation or description of each specific article.
Alley
Residence district
robbery
Inventory
17. 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
cross examination
Truck tractor
Safety Zone
rout
18. Operate a vehicle with G.V.W.are of 26 -001 or more - Combo of vehicles 26 -001 or more towing more than 10000
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19. Sufficent to establish a fact or raise a presumption unless disproved or rebuted.
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20. An obligation signed by the accused - with his/her sureties - to secure his/her presence in court
bind over
Default Judgement
bail bond
principles
21. A legal document (process) signed by a judicial officer commanding a witness to appear and testify at a specific time and place
burglary
subpoena
Official Misconduct
recognizance
22. The fraudulent appropriation by a person for his/her own use or benefit of property or money entrusted to him/her by another
embezzlement
4th Amendment trial
9th Amendment
14th Amendment
23. From 1/2 hour after sunset to 1/2 hour before sunrise.
instruction
Litter
Nighttime
Writ of possesion
24. The right of one vehicle or pedestrian to proceed in a lawful manner in preference to another
6th Amendment
venue
Right of way
change of venue
25. The change of a punishment from a greater degree to a lesser degree - as from death to life imprisonment
prosecutor
commutation
Crosswalk
'Et Al'
26. One who knowingly - voluntarily and with common intent with a principal offender - unites in the commission of a crime
Inventory
Obscene
accomplice
Contempt
27. Circumstances which render a crime less aggravated - heinous - or reprehensible than it would otherwise be
false arrest
School Crossing guard
dactyloscopy
extenuation circumstances
28. 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
misfeasance
'Ex Rel'
School crossing zone
29. Person - at least 18 yrs. old - that has the job of directing traffic in school zone.
Truck
School Crossing guard
synergism
deposition
30. A person who brings an action; the party who complains or sues in a personal action and is so named on the record.
Commitment
Indigent/Pauper
plaintiff
false arrest
31. Anyone under 15 Y.O.A - Anyone under 18 Y.O.A unless they comply with driver education training - Anyone proven to be addicted to certain substances.
magistrate
Licencse Ineligibility
Return
Writ of possesion
32. Portion of the highway - other than the shoulder.
3rd Amendment
Bicycle
Flashing yellow light
Roadway
33. And other persons. -Commonly used to include anyone associated the named defendant in reference to the matter before he court.
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34. An instrument authorizing another to act as one's agent or attorney.
power of attorney
incompetent evidence
Pleadings
misfeasance
35. Probable cause to search vehicle (Carroll v. U.S)
cross examination
4th Amendment
Motor Vehicle Searches
domicile
36. 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.
Trailer
double jeopardy
voir dire
Obscene
37. A suit - litigation - or action - that is either civil or criminal
Nighttime
prosecutor
cause
voir dire
38. Evidence illegally obtained by police officers can-not be used against the accused in a criminal case. (Mapp v. Ohio)
robbery
Writ Of Possesion (Non-Eviction)
Through highway
Exclusionary Rule
39. A crime of a graver nature than a misdemeanor. generally - an offense punishable by death or imprisonment in a penitentiary
deposition
testimony
'Prima Face'
felony
40. Any substance capable of generating offensive - noxious - or suffocating fumes - gasses - or vapors.
bail bond
Motor Vehicle Searches
noxious substance
Commitment
41. 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.
5th Amendment
state's evidence
due process
mandamus
42. The act of physically destroying files - records - or information; for example - upon judicial order
expert evidence
expunge
forgery
5th Amendment
43. A misdeed or trespass. The improper performance of some act which a person may lawfully do.
adjudication
Open fields
misfeasance
20ft
44. One of the lanes on the freeway
Motor carrier
Freeway main lane
Malfeasance
mistrial
45. A public offense or wrong that is forbidden by law
accessory
School crossing zone
crime
Farm Tractor
46. To collect - gather - take up - seize - or execute on monies - real - or personal property under a lwfully issued writ.
Limitation
Gross combination weight rating
Levy
Inadmissible
47. A certain time allowed by statute in which litigation must be brought.
default
Motor carrier
Limitation
Trailer
48. Divided - controlled access highway
feigned accomplice
Freeway
Flammable liquid
Open fields
49. Evidence sufficient to convince the triers of fact that the party who has the burden of doing so has established its cause
Garishment
necessarily included offenses
fair preponderance
incompetent evidence
50. Liquid that has a flash point of not more than 70 degrees
decree
robbery
commutation
Flammable liquid