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Police Legal Vocab
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. A public offense or wrong that is forbidden by law
Contempt
rout
Special mobile equipment
crime
2. 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.
directed verdict
expert evidence
fair preponderance
search warrant
3. Divided - controlled access highway
commutation
Motor Vehicle Searches
Freeway
certiorari
4. Human power that has 2 wheel. It has to have at lease one wheel tat is a min. of 14' in.
venue
principles
Bicycle
4th Amendment
5. 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
expert evidence
demur
Alley
chambers
6. Greater weight of evidence - or evidence which is more credible and convincing to the mind - not necessarily the greater number of witnesses.
allegation
preponderance of evidence
ordinance
recognizance
7. An obligation signed by the accused - with his/her sureties - to secure his/her presence in court
dactyloscopy
bail bond
assault
Freeway
8. One who initiates the prosecution upon which an accused is arrested or who offers or presents an accusation against the party whom he/she suspects to be guilty; also - one who takes charge of a case and performs the functions of a trial lawyer for th
Safety Zone
rout
prosecutor
interrogatories
9. The change of a punishment from a greater degree to a lesser degree - as from death to life imprisonment
decree
preponderance of evidence
commutation
arraignment
10. A suit - litigation - or action - that is either civil or criminal
cause
accomplice
3rd Amendment
certiorari
11. 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
self-defense
incompetent evidence
malice
12. To stand an occupied or unoccupied vehicle other than while loading or unloading
bailiff
Ethnicity
Park or parking
extradition
13. It is recognized as an extension of the sidewalk and doesnt have to be marked on the roadway to be considered lawful.
Crosswalk
subpoena
Bailee
accomplice
14. An unlawful attempt - coupled with a present ability - to commit a violent injury on the person of another
Nighttime
9th Amendment
expunge
assault
15. 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.
Ethnicity
transcript
extenuation circumstances
Licencse Ineligibility
16. An action Which may be brought for the purpose of restraining the threatened infliction of wrongs or personal injuries and the prevention of threatened illegal action
nightstick
Race
equitable action
3rd Amendment
17. Law in its regular course of administration through the courts of justice. the guarantee of due process requires that every person have the protection of a fair trial
Nighttime
Libel
venue
due process
18. An article of personal property as distinguished from from real property.
Ethnicity
Chattel
cross examination
chambers
19. Rubbish - refuse - waste material - offal - paper - glass - cans - bottles - trash - debris - or any foreign substance of whatever kind or description and whether or not it is of value.
mistrial
Through highway
Class 'B' dl
Litter
20. 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.
domicile
directed verdict
rebuttal
Class 'A' dl
21. A written or printed document prepared by counsel to file in court - usually setting forth both facts and law in support of the case
brief
School Crossing guard
default
1st Amendment trial
22. A term commonly used to denote the disagreement of one or more judges of a court with the decision of the majority
condemnation
dissent
4th Amendment trial
Inventory
23. 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
condemnation
8th Amendment
mandamus
5th Amendment Trial
24. Area between the boundary lines/ right of way lines of a publicly maintained way - which is open to vehicular travel.
Highway or street
'In Rem'
extradition
embezzlement
25. A proceeding whereby property - money - or credits of a debtor - in possession of another (garnishee) - are applied to the debts of the debtor.
Garishment
Motion
rebuttal
equitable action
26. Can't stop - stand - or park within how many ft. of a fire hydrate?
Crosswalk
Garishment
opinion evidence
15ft
27. No force quarterly of soldiers - permitted only in war time and in accordance with the law.
Writ of possesion
nightstick
crime
3rd Amendment
28. 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
riot
cause
allegation
feigned accomplice
29. Manaul - electric - or mechanical device that directs traffic to stop and to proceed.
Exclusionary Rule
Traffic control signal
cause
Jurisdiction Of County Courts
30. A suitor who - on account of poverty - is allowed to sue or defend without being chargable with cost
Indigent/Pauper
robbery
Writ Of Possesion (Non-Eviction)
assault
31. Sheriff
Dispose or dump
Petition
Conservator Of Peace
Truck tractor
32. Strip of land next to the highway - at least 300 ft long - that is improved and used primarily for residences.
Class 'B' dl
Residence district
3rd Amendment
assault
33. Sufficent to establish a fact or raise a presumption unless disproved or rebuted.
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34. Can be issued by a clerk of the court
10th Amendment
Capias
battery
expunge
35. Evidence sufficient to convince the triers of fact that the party who has the burden of doing so has established its cause
writ
fair preponderance
Inadmissible
plaintiff
36. Any willful and unlawful use of force or violence upon the person of another
battery
Sidewalk
preponderance of evidence
motive
37. The right of one vehicle or pedestrian to proceed in a lawful manner in preference to another
2nd Amendment
30ft
Right of way
decree
38. A legal document (process) signed by a judicial officer commanding a witness to appear and testify at a specific time and place
Habitual criminal
Sequestration
subpoena
certiorari
39. The surrender by one state to another of an individual accused or convicted of an offense outside its own territory and within the territorial jurisdiction of the other
extradition
Libel
preponderance of evidence
mistrial
40. A 'person' that direct the operation of one or more vehicles that haul people or cargo.
state's evidence
Farm Tractor
Motor carrier
false arrest
41. Person who swears to an affidavit or statement
cause
Commitment
adjudication
Affiant
42. Decayable waste (animal/vegetable) - Non-decayable/solid waste that consist of boxes -rubber - plastic - metal - etc.
probable cause
cross examination
Motion
Litter
43. Paved Shoulder
Pro Bono
Improved shoulder
rout
Indigent/Pauper
44. Person - at least 18 yrs. old - that has the job of directing traffic in school zone.
Alias Citation
School Crossing guard
Motor carrier
Official traffic control device
45. Document filed by the plantiff with the clerk of the court that outlines the basis of the complaint - against the defendant.
Contempt
domicile
Conservator Of Peace
Petition
46. A receiver of stolen goods. typically This is someone who receives the stolen property for sale or distribution
Writ of possesion
fence
20ft
Open fields
47. 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
Libel
motor vehicle non-traffic accident
venue
48. To hold on bail for trial
dissent
necessarily included offenses
5th Amendment Trial
bind over
49. A pleading usually used by defendants in criminal cases - which literally means 'I will not contest it'.
Nighttime
nolo contendere
Litter
Bicycle
50. Citation issued after the original ciation usually directed to the sheriff or another county or directed to the defendant under another.
Improved shoulder
due process
Indigent/Pauper
Alias Citation