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Police Legal Vocab
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Instructions:
Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. Speedy trial - Public trial - Unbiased jury - Knowledge of accusation/charge - Cross examine witnesses - obtain witnesses - Representation by an attorney
8th Amendment
advancing prostitution
parole
6th Amendment
2. Reduced speed zone to facilitate children going to and from school.
Race
1st Amendment trial
School crossing zone
expunge
3. Value specified as the loaded weight of a combination or articulated vehicle
Gross combination weight rating
Through highway
5th Amendment
2nd Amendment
4. Portion of a street that is in between the edge of the road and adjacent property line.
certiorari
default
Sidewalk
instruction
5. Place any type of litter on or in land/water
false arrest
'Et Seq'
Dispose or dump
battery
6. Any sign - signal - marking - or device that is placed lawfully and is used to regulate - warn - or guide traffic
felony
Mistake of law
advancing prostitution
Official traffic control device
7. Unoccupied -Undeveloped -Uncultivated
Alley
Open fields
Race
cross examination
8. Allows a landlord who prevails in an eviction suit to regain possession of the premises that were in dispute.
noxious substance
extradition
Class 'B' dl
writ of possesion (Eviction)
9. 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
mandamus
extortion - theft by
'Et Ux'
burglary
10. Evidence illegally obtained by police officers can-not be used against the accused in a criminal case. (Mapp v. Ohio)
Bailee
Exclusionary Rule
Official traffic control device
cause
11. Steet not primarily used for hrought traffic - that provides access to building or lots
Alley
Habitual criminal
decree
Class 'A' dl
12. Can be pedestrians - ridden or herded animals or vehicles.
Habitual criminal
14th Amendment
parole
Traffic
13. The act of physically destroying files - records - or information; for example - upon judicial order
expunge
Motion
bailiff
Motor carrier
14. A court attendant whose duties are to keep order in the courtroom and to have custody of the jury
arraignment
Urban district
interrogatories
bailiff
15. Written questions propounded by one party and served on an adversary - who must provide answers thereto under oath.
Litter
search warrant
interrogatories
Chattel
16. One of the lanes on the freeway
6th Amendment trial
mistrial
subpoena
Freeway main lane
17. An instruction by the judge to the jury to return a specific verdict
Right of way
directed verdict
Farm Tractor
Traffic control signal
18. To hold on bail for trial
fair preponderance
expunge
principles
bind over
19. Against A Thing.
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20. Evidence which is not admissible under the established rules of evidence.
tort
motive
incompetent evidence
Dispose or dump
21. 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.
Highway or street
prosecutor
decree
Court of Criminal Appeals
22. An intentional perversion of truth; deceitful practice or device resorted to with intent to deprive another of property or other right - or in some manner to do him/her injury.
Traffic
Flammable liquid
Fraud
verdict
23. Document filed by the plantiff with the clerk of the court that outlines the basis of the complaint - against the defendant.
Pro Bono
Limitation
interrogatories
Petition
24. The predominate appeal of the matter taken as a whole is to a prurient interest in sexual conduct involving minors.
certiorari
Commitment
Malfeasance
Obscene
25. Any substance capable of generating offensive - noxious - or suffocating fumes - gasses - or vapors.
extenuation circumstances
due process
noxious substance
Dispose or dump
26. Roadway that is divided into at least 2 clearly marked lanes.
'Et Ux'
no bill
mandamus
Laned roadway
27. Right to bear arms
Indigent/Pauper
Farm Tractor
2nd Amendment
cross examination
28. Powers not identified belong to the states.
Class 'B' dl
Official Misconduct
10th Amendment
default
29. No force quarterly of soldiers - permitted only in war time and in accordance with the law.
'Et Seq'
20ft
5th Amendment Trial
3rd Amendment
30. An original writ commanding judges or officers of inferior courts to certify or to return records of proceedings in a cause for judicial review
certiorari
polygraph
best evidence
Alias Citation
31. RIGHT TO BE INDICTED BY A GRAND JURY - Notice of charges - Double jeopardy - Self Incrimination - Due Process - Reasonable reimbursement for property
Class 'A' dl
feigned accomplice
5th Amendment
Return
32. 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.
crime
parole
Alias Citation
brief
33. 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
Jurisdiction Of County Courts
10th Amendment
expert evidence
opinion evidence
34. Private office or room of a judge
expert evidence
cause
chambers
15ft
35. Common-law and constitutional prohibition against more than one prosecution of the same crime - transaction - or omission
felony
4th Amendment trial
double jeopardy
equitable action
36. A mandatory or prohibitive writ issued by a court.
nightstick
injunction
decree
'Ex Rel'
37. A pleading usually used by defendants in criminal cases - which literally means 'I will not contest it'.
injunction
allegation
indictment
nolo contendere
38. A motor vehicle designed to carry more than 10 or motor vehicle other than a cab
Bus
cause
preponderance of evidence
8th Amendment
39. An injury or wrong committed - either with or without force - to the person or property of another
1st amendment
brief
tort
6th amendment
40. Persons -Houses - papers - and effects from unreasonable searches and seizure - NO WARRANTS EXCEPT UPON PROBABLE CAUSE
Residence district
4th Amendment
Parties
Commitment
41. Testimony - given by an accomplice or participant in a crime - tending to convict others.
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42. The change of a punishment from a greater degree to a lesser degree - as from death to life imprisonment
Official Misconduct
commutation
no bill
fence
43. Can't stop - stand - or park within how many ft. of a traffic control device thats on the side of the road?
indictment
Contempt
3rd Amendment
30ft
44. Strip of land next to the highway - at least 300 ft long - that is improved and used primarily for residences.
Residence district
nightstick
Motion
chambers
45. Written or Oral application for a ruling or order from the court.
Motion
Truck
decree
deposition
46. A legislative enactment by a federal or state body of legislators - more frequently referred to as 'a law'
nolo contendere
Contempt
Statute
plaintiff
47. Can be issued by a clerk of the court
Exclusionary Rule
Farm Tractor
Capias
domicile
48. An article of personal property as distinguished from from real property.
instruction
malice
School crossing zone
Chattel
49. The assertion - declaration - or statement of a party to an action - made in a pleading - setting out what he/she expects to prove
brief
20ft
allegation
transcript
50. Rights not mention retained by people
Trailer
commutation
bind over
9th Amendment