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Police Legal Vocab
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Steet not primarily used for hrought traffic - that provides access to building or lots
Alley
expunge
Obscene
Contempt
2. The removal of a suit begun in one county or district to another for trial or from one court to another in the same county or district
change of venue
Pro Bono
Class 'B' dl
principles
3. This phrase - endorsed by a grand jury on an indictment - is equivalent to 'not found' or 'not a true bill'. It means that - in the opinion of the jury - evidence was insufficient to warrant the return of a formal charge.
subpoena
Pleadings
no bill
5th Amendment Trial
4. 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
noxious substance
extradition
crime
embezzlement
5. Evidence which is not admissible under the established rules of evidence.
Contempt
10th Amendment
incompetent evidence
Commercial Motor vehicle
6. Right to bail - Protection from excessive fines - No cruel of unusual punishment
Motion
interrogatories
8th Amendment
testimony
7. Duran v. City of Douglas - Az
1st Amendment trial
cause
Business district
3rd Amendment
8. The false making or material altering - with intent to defraud - of any writing which - if genuine - might be the foundation of a legal liability
Gross combination weight rating
forgery
principles
mistrial
9. Any substance capable of generating offensive - noxious - or suffocating fumes - gasses - or vapors.
Inventory
noxious substance
Injuction
search warrant
10. Greater weight of evidence - or evidence which is more credible and convincing to the mind - not necessarily the greater number of witnesses.
Nighttime
preponderance of evidence
Bus
6th amendment
11. To hold on bail for trial
subpoena
Litter
20ft
bind over
12. Rights not mention retained by people
9th Amendment
tort
Motor Vehicle Searches
false arrest
13. Any sign - signal - marking - or device that is placed lawfully and is used to regulate - warn - or guide traffic
Official traffic control device
Race
indictment
felony
14. A person who brings an action; the party who complains or sues in a personal action and is so named on the record.
plaintiff
bailiff
Traffic
Laned roadway
15. Liquid that has a flash point of not more than 70 degrees
crime
rout
Jurisdiction Of County Courts
Flammable liquid
16. Document filed by the plantiff with the clerk of the court that outlines the basis of the complaint - against the defendant.
Petition
robbery
commutation
'Ex Rel'
17. By or on the relation of.
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18. Can't stop - stand - or park within how many ft. of crosswalk at an intersection?
Official traffic control device
'In Rem'
20ft
parole
19. The particular county - city - or geographic area in which a court with jurisdiction may hear and determine a case
peremptory challenge
ordinance
9th Amendment
venue
20. Oral or written statements made to the court presenting the claims and defenses of the parites
Pleadings
due process
Alley
5th Amendment
21. A court attendant whose duties are to keep order in the courtroom and to have custody of the jury
Roadway
bailiff
noxious substance
Chattel
22. The official record of proceedings in a trial or hearing
Gross combination weight rating
transcript
Sidewalk
advancing prostitution
23. Motor vehicle used to draw another vehicle. NOT MEANT TO CARRY A LOAD - OTHER HAN PART OF THE WEIGHT OF THE OTHER VEHICLERO
Truck tractor
mistrial
Court of Criminal Appeals
Trailer
24. A motor vehicle used primarily as a farm implement.
Improved shoulder
Farm Tractor
interrogatories
5th Amendment Trial
25. 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
Limitation
Garishment
expert evidence
26. In practice - the formal and unanimous decision or finding made by a jury - reported to the court - and accepted by it.
best evidence
Capias
verdict
Sequestration
27. Citation issued after the original ciation usually directed to the sheriff or another county or directed to the defendant under another.
Return
5th Amendment
Park or parking
Alias Citation
28. RIGHT TO BE INDICTED BY A GRAND JURY - Notice of charges - Double jeopardy - Self Incrimination - Due Process - Reasonable reimbursement for property
Conservator Of Peace
5th Amendment
necessarily included offenses
Inadmissible
29. Operate a vehicle with G.V.W.are of 26000 or more - Can't tow more than 10000 - unless its a farm trailer. then they can tow up to 20000
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30. Go thru only with caution
state's evidence
School crossing zone
Flashing yellow light
Parties
31. Value specified as the loaded weight of a combination or articulated vehicle
Gross combination weight rating
Special mobile equipment
Bus
equitable action
32. 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.
Bailee
necessarily included offenses
rout
Dispose or dump
33. 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.
mandamus
Statute
Habitual criminal
Race
34. From 1/2 hour after sunset to 1/2 hour before sunrise.
Open fields
4th Amendment
Writ of possesion
Nighttime
35. Primary evidence - as distinguished from secondary evidence; the best and highest evidence of which the nature of the case is susceptible
'Ex Rel'
Mistake of law
best evidence
writ
36. Citizens of each state are also - citizens of the U.S. state governments must adhere to the U.S. Constitution.
14th Amendment
Class 'A' dl
bind over
prosecutor
37. A term commonly used to denote the disagreement of one or more judges of a court with the decision of the majority
probable cause
injunction
felony
dissent
38. Persons -Houses - papers - and effects from unreasonable searches and seizure - NO WARRANTS EXCEPT UPON PROBABLE CAUSE
interrogatories
fence
Bicycle
4th Amendment
39. The fraudulent appropriation by a person for his/her own use or benefit of property or money entrusted to him/her by another
Freeway main lane
Commercial Motor vehicle
embezzlement
Litter
40. Is a order signed by a proper magistrate directing a sheriff to recieve and place in jail.
Writ Of Possesion (Non-Eviction)
4th Amendment
allegation
Commitment
41. Area between the boundary lines/ right of way lines of a publicly maintained way - which is open to vehicular travel.
plaintiff
Highway or street
burglary
advancing prostitution
42. A legislative enactment by a federal or state body of legislators - more frequently referred to as 'a law'
negligence
Statute
5th Amendment
injunction
43. A receiver of stolen goods. typically This is someone who receives the stolen property for sale or distribution
Statute
Sequestration
dactyloscopy
fence
44. 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
adjudication
Class 'B' dl
motive
Truck
45. 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.
riot
writ
Official traffic control device
recognizance
46. Tenn v. Garner
riot
4th Amendment trial
prosecutor
plaintiff
47. To release a person arrested or imprisoned - on security being taken - for his/her appearance in court on a specified day and place.
bail
nolo contendere
Through highway
malice
48. 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.
decree
6th Amendment trial
Commercial Motor vehicle
voir dire
49. The right of one vehicle or pedestrian to proceed in a lawful manner in preference to another
burglary
Right of way
riot
parole
50. Temporary seizure or setting aside of specific to wich a party to a suit has claim of ownership.
power of attorney
directed verdict
Sequestration
Conservator Of Peace