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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. Intent to commit an unlawful act or cause harm without legal justification or excuse.
'Prima Face'
Through highway
malice
'Et Ux'
2. RIGHT TO BE INDICTED BY A GRAND JURY - Notice of charges - Double jeopardy - Self Incrimination - Due Process - Reasonable reimbursement for property
malice
chambers
5th Amendment
Flashing yellow light
3. Person who swears to an affidavit or statement
Affiant
'In Rem'
domicile
Bus
4. Shared culture and background - Shared language - religion and other culture patterns
writ of possesion (Eviction)
Obscene
no bill
Ethnicity
5. Motor vehicle - primarily designed to transport property.
recognizance
Alias Citation
Through highway
Truck
6. Right to an attorney during criminal proceedingis What amendment
6th amendment
14th Amendment
parole
bail bond
7. That which - under the established rules of evidence - cannot be admitted or received into a court of law.
Inadmissible
expert evidence
magistrate
Alias Citation
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.
'In Rem'
certiorari
Injuction
Inadmissible
9. A crime of a graver nature than a misdemeanor. generally - an offense punishable by death or imprisonment in a penitentiary
Roadway
condemnation
felony
demur
10. In practice - the formal and unanimous decision or finding made by a jury - reported to the court - and accepted by it.
verdict
forgery
corroboration evidence
tort
11. The particular county - city - or geographic area in which a court with jurisdiction may hear and determine a case
Obscene
search warrant
best evidence
venue
12. Where an offense cannot be accomplished without necessarily committing another offense - the latter is a necessarily included offense. For example - every battery includes an assault. Murder includes manslaughter.
indictment
6th amendment
30ft
necessarily included offenses
13. 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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14. A suitor who - on account of poverty - is allowed to sue or defend without being chargable with cost
preponderance of evidence
default
4th Amendment
Indigent/Pauper
15. A term commonly used to denote the disagreement of one or more judges of a court with the decision of the majority
dissent
1st amendment
instruction
transcript
16. No force quarterly of soldiers - permitted only in war time and in accordance with the law.
rebuttal
Limitation
'Ex Rel'
3rd Amendment
17. From 1/2 hour after sunset to 1/2 hour before sunrise.
subpoena
robbery
Writ of possesion
Nighttime
18. Sufficent to establish a fact or raise a presumption unless disproved or rebuted.
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19. 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
rebuttal
due process
Commercial Motor vehicle
Statute
20. 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.
voir dire
School crossing zone
expert evidence
Petition
21. A pleading usually used by defendants in criminal cases - which literally means 'I will not contest it'.
cause
nolo contendere
Daytime
Through highway
22. 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
Exclusionary Rule
Parties
23. The omission to do something which a reasonable person - guided by ordinary considerations - would do; or the doing of something with a reasonable and prudent person would not do.
riot
Litter
rebuttal
negligence
24. Value specified as the loaded weight of a combination or articulated vehicle
peremptory challenge
commutation
Gross combination weight rating
best evidence
25. A friend of the court; one who interposes or volunteers information upon some matter of law
advancing prostitution
Pleadings
Urban district
amicus curiae
26. A motor vehicle used primarily as a farm implement.
fair preponderance
negligence
Farm Tractor
transcript
27. Vehicle with or withour power - designes to be drwan and to transport persons or property: Constructed so that NO PART OF ITS WEIGHT AND LOAD RESTS ON THE MOTOR VEHICLE.
'Prima Face'
advancing prostitution
misfeasance
Trailer
28. Can't stop - stand - or park within how many ft. of a traffic control device thats on the side of the road?
Statute
arraignment
30ft
chambers
29. Sheriff
battery
recognizance
Traffic
Conservator Of Peace
30. The persons who are actively concerned in the prosecution or defense of a legal proceeding.
Residence district
6th amendment
Parties
14th Amendment
31. 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
Traffic control signal
Flashing yellow light
feigned accomplice
32. Written questions propounded by one party and served on an adversary - who must provide answers thereto under oath.
extenuation circumstances
interrogatories
peremptory challenge
injunction
33. Citation issued after the original ciation usually directed to the sheriff or another county or directed to the defendant under another.
5th Amendment
'Et Al'
tort
Alias Citation
34. A certain time allowed by statute in which litigation must be brought.
Limitation
arraignment
mandamus
feigned accomplice
35. 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.
5th Amendment
Licencse Ineligibility
Commercial Motor vehicle
Alias Citation
36. Duran v. City of Douglas - Az
Motor Vehicle Searches
'Ex Rel'
Traffic control signal
1st Amendment trial
37. In criminal practice - bringing a prisoner to the bar of the court to answer to a criminal charg
arraignment
burglary
Daytime
Court of Criminal Appeals
38. Reduced speed zone to facilitate children going to and from school.
'Ex Rel'
School crossing zone
Exclusionary Rule
Class 'B' dl
39. 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
default
peremptory challenge
Garishment
Class 'A' dl
40. 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
power of attorney
Truck tractor
Special mobile equipment
41. To run the hands quickly over another's person in search of weapons or contra ban; a 'pat down' search.
equitable action
Improved shoulder
subpoena
Frisk
42. Can't stop - stand - or park within how many ft. of a fire hydrate?
fence
parole
15ft
Parties
43. 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
nightstick
Official traffic control device
Truck
motive
44. An article of personal property as distinguished from from real property.
bailiff
bail bond
Chattel
Parties
45. When an attorney works for client for no fee.
School Crossing guard
Garishment
Pro Bono
forgery
46. To hold on bail for trial
bind over
Libel
writ of possesion (Eviction)
synergism
47. A misdeed or trespass. The improper performance of some act which a person may lawfully do.
Writ of possesion
misfeasance
Petition
interrogatories
48. Testimony - given by an accomplice or participant in a crime - tending to convict others.
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49. Area between the boundary lines/ right of way lines of a publicly maintained way - which is open to vehicular travel.
cause
Dispose or dump
Litter
Highway or street
50. A proceeding whereby property - money - or credits of a debtor - in possession of another (garnishee) - are applied to the debts of the debtor.
writ of possesion (Eviction)
Official traffic control device
Bicycle
Garishment