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Police Legal Vocab
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1. Citation issued after the original ciation usually directed to the sheriff or another county or directed to the defendant under another.
Alias Citation
felony
Indigent/Pauper
Habitual criminal
2. 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.
equitable action
Sequestration
power of attorney
negligence
3. 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
Litter
crime
Affiant
due process
4. Final appeallate jurisdiction in penalty cases
opinion evidence
Class 'A' dl
Court of Criminal Appeals
Urban district
5. 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
Commercial Motor vehicle
no bill
best evidence
Right of way
6. Can't stop - stand - or park within how many ft. of a fire hydrate?
15ft
accessory
accomplice
adjudication
7. That which - under the established rules of evidence - cannot be admitted or received into a court of law.
Inadmissible
Motion
Freeway main lane
Laned roadway
8. Can't stop - stand - or park within how many ft. of crosswalk at an intersection?
'Et Al'
Frisk
malice
20ft
9. To hold on bail for trial
9th Amendment
Flashing yellow light
bind over
Class 'A' dl
10. Is a order signed by a proper magistrate directing a sheriff to recieve and place in jail.
commutation
polygraph
Commitment
Right of way
11. Portion of the highway - other than the shoulder.
Right of way
extenuation circumstances
Roadway
search warrant
12. Evidence illegally obtained by police officers can-not be used against the accused in a criminal case. (Mapp v. Ohio)
Exclusionary Rule
Inadmissible
Truck tractor
'Prima Face'
13. A highway that has PREFENTIAL RIGHT OF WAY in an intersection
Business district
4th Amendment
Through highway
incompetent evidence
14. Motor vehicle used to draw another vehicle. NOT MEANT TO CARRY A LOAD - OTHER HAN PART OF THE WEIGHT OF THE OTHER VEHICLERO
Capias
Default Judgement
Truck tractor
Class 'A' dl
15. A suitor who - on account of poverty - is allowed to sue or defend without being chargable with cost
Indigent/Pauper
tort
decree
discovery
16. 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
recognizance
felony
chambers
17. The official record of proceedings in a trial or hearing
Flashing yellow light
transcript
extenuation circumstances
Open fields
18. Can't stop - stand - or park within how many ft. of a traffic control device thats on the side of the road?
5th Amendment
6th amendment
Nighttime
30ft
19. Testimony - given by an accomplice or participant in a crime - tending to convict others.
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20. Sheriff
misfeasance
recognizance
Conservator Of Peace
6th Amendment trial
21. Primary evidence - as distinguished from secondary evidence; the best and highest evidence of which the nature of the case is susceptible
Writ of possesion
embezzlement
best evidence
Right of way
22. Manaul - electric - or mechanical device that directs traffic to stop and to proceed.
accomplice
Traffic control signal
bail
Fraud
23. Portion of a highway next to the roadway - which is distinguished by design - consruction - or marking - Area not Intended for vehicle travel.
bailiff
deposition
Shoulder
Obscene
24. Original jurisdiction of all misdemeanors of which exclusive original jurisdiction is not given to teh justice court - and shall not exceed $500.
Jurisdiction Of County Courts
power of attorney
Inventory
Truck
25. Greater weight of evidence - or evidence which is more credible and convincing to the mind - not necessarily the greater number of witnesses.
riot
School crossing zone
preponderance of evidence
domicile
26. One of the lanes on the freeway
Conservator Of Peace
Limitation
recognizance
Freeway main lane
27. A legislative enactment by a federal or state body of legislators - more frequently referred to as 'a law'
equitable action
bail
Statute
'Et Ux'
28. One who knowingly - voluntarily and with common intent with a principal offender - unites in the commission of a crime
fair preponderance
power of attorney
6th Amendment trial
accomplice
29. 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.
nightstick
decree
indictment
Dispose or dump
30. Any motor vehicle accident occurring entirely at a place other than on a highway.
accessory
decree
motor vehicle non-traffic accident
motive
31. 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.
subpoena
expert evidence
ordinance
Trailer
32. Land next to and even including a highway - if it is used for business purposes. Area described as being 600ft segment - has at least 300 ft of it along the highway set up for businesses
Traffic control signal
Statute
burglary
Business district
33. Circumstances which render a crime less aggravated - heinous - or reprehensible than it would otherwise be
Return
3rd Amendment
9th Amendment
extenuation circumstances
34. RIGHT TO BE INDICTED BY A GRAND JURY - Notice of charges - Double jeopardy - Self Incrimination - Due Process - Reasonable reimbursement for property
Residence district
Fraud
transcript
5th Amendment
35. That place where a person has his/her true and permanent home. a person may have several residences - but only one domicile
dactyloscopy
6th Amendment trial
domicile
no bill
36. A public offense or wrong that is forbidden by law
extenuation circumstances
Litter
crime
Petition
37. The fraudulent appropriation by a person for his/her own use or benefit of property or money entrusted to him/her by another
embezzlement
Truck
battery
transcript
38. A term commonly used to denote the disagreement of one or more judges of a court with the decision of the majority
dissent
30ft
6th amendment
injunction
39. Human power that has 2 wheel. It has to have at lease one wheel tat is a min. of 14' in.
20ft
Bicycle
Traffic control signal
Traffic
40. A motor vehicle used primarily as a farm implement.
Farm Tractor
advancing prostitution
Ethnicity
synergism
41. A receiver of stolen goods. typically This is someone who receives the stolen property for sale or distribution
Parties
fence
Litter
deposition
42. Probable cause to search vehicle (Carroll v. U.S)
extenuation circumstances
power of attorney
Motor Vehicle Searches
battery
43. To collect - gather - take up - seize - or execute on monies - real - or personal property under a lwfully issued writ.
Levy
Urban district
Gross combination weight rating
Contempt
44. Reduced speed zone to facilitate children going to and from school.
Farm Tractor
School crossing zone
Statute
magistrate
45. 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
Injuction
Crosswalk
Park or parking
extradition
46. 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.
motor vehicle non-traffic accident
rebuttal
8th Amendment
malice
47. And the following one or ones.
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48. Is an affimative defense
Obscene
decree
misfeasance
Mistake of law
49. Allows a landlord who prevails in an eviction suit to regain possession of the premises that were in dispute.
School Crossing guard
8th Amendment
writ of possesion (Eviction)
Court of Criminal Appeals
50. Document filed by the plantiff with the clerk of the court that outlines the basis of the complaint - against the defendant.
Daytime
state's evidence
Truck tractor
Petition
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