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Police Legal Vocab

Subject : law
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1. The persons who are actively concerned in the prosecution or defense of a legal proceeding.






2. A suit - litigation - or action - that is either civil or criminal






3. A legal document (process) signed by a judicial officer commanding a witness to appear and testify at a specific time and place






4. 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.






5. Vehicle not designed to haul persons or property. O LESS THAN 40FT IN LENGTH.






6. Person who swears to an affidavit or statement






7. The change of a punishment from a greater degree to a lesser degree - as from death to life imprisonment






8. Divided - controlled access highway






9. Shared culture and background - Shared language - religion and other culture patterns






10. Any unlawful physical restraint of another's liberty - whether in prison or in custody






11. Portion of the highway - other than the shoulder.






12. 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.






13. RIGHT TO BE INDICTED BY A GRAND JURY - Notice of charges - Double jeopardy - Self Incrimination - Due Process - Reasonable reimbursement for property






14. The right of one vehicle or pedestrian to proceed in a lawful manner in preference to another






15. An injury or wrong committed - either with or without force - to the person or property of another






16. 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.






17. To release a person arrested or imprisoned - on security being taken - for his/her appearance in court on a specified day and place.






18. In practice - the formal and unanimous decision or finding made by a jury - reported to the court - and accepted by it.






19. It is recognized as an extension of the sidewalk and doesnt have to be marked on the roadway to be considered lawful.






20. Value specified as the loaded weight of a combination or articulated vehicle






21. An obligation signed by the accused - with his/her sureties - to secure his/her presence in court






22. Motor vehicle used to draw another vehicle. NOT MEANT TO CARRY A LOAD - OTHER HAN PART OF THE WEIGHT OF THE OTHER VEHICLERO






23. Final appeallate jurisdiction in penalty cases






24. That place where a person has his/her true and permanent home. a person may have several residences - but only one domicile






25. An instruction by the judge to the jury to return a specific verdict






26. An instrument authorizing another to act as one's agent or attorney.






27. An unlawful attempt - coupled with a present ability - to commit a violent injury on the person of another






28. 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.






29. Citation issued after the original ciation usually directed to the sheriff or another county or directed to the defendant under another.






30. Freedom of religion - Freedom of speech - Freedom of the press - Freedom to peaceably assemble - Rights to grievances






31. Document filed by the plantiff with the clerk of the court that outlines the basis of the complaint - against the defendant.






32. 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






33. Steet not primarily used for hrought traffic - that provides access to building or lots






34. Joint action of two separate drugs resulting in a total effect greater than the summed effects of both. For example - barbiturates are alcohol synergists - since the combined action of doses of alcohol and barbiturates (whoes additive effects would b






35. A 'person' that direct the operation of one or more vehicles that haul people or cargo.






36. 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






37. 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.






38. Private office or room of a judge






39. 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.






40. In criminal practice - bringing a prisoner to the bar of the court to answer to a criminal charg






41. A proceeding whereby one party to an action may be informed as to facts known by other parties or witnesses






42. Operate a vehicle with G.V.W.are of 26 -001 or more - Combo of vehicles 26 -001 or more towing more than 10000


43. The false making or material altering - with intent to defraud - of any writing which - if genuine - might be the foundation of a legal liability






44. Go thru only with caution






45. 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






46. Area in roadway designaaed for exclusive pedestrian use. Mus have signage or markings






47. That which - under the established rules of evidence - cannot be admitted or received into a court of law.






48. Sufficent to establish a fact or raise a presumption unless disproved or rebuted.


49. A mandatory or prohibitive writ issued by a court.






50. Giving or pronouncing a judgment or decree; also the judgment given.