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Police Legal Vocab
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. No force quarterly of soldiers - permitted only in war time and in accordance with the law.
3rd Amendment
Motor Vehicle Searches
Race
Through highway
2. Evidence illegally obtained by police officers can-not be used against the accused in a criminal case. (Mapp v. Ohio)
amicus curiae
Exclusionary Rule
adjudication
Court of Criminal Appeals
3. Any substance capable of generating offensive - noxious - or suffocating fumes - gasses - or vapors.
Nighttime
fair preponderance
noxious substance
cross examination
4. 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.
Fraud
polygraph
Sidewalk
indictment
5. The practical application of the scientific study of fingerprint comparisons and the classification of prints
subpoena
dactyloscopy
expert evidence
Return
6. A term commonly used to denote the disagreement of one or more judges of a court with the decision of the majority
dissent
transcript
Dispose or dump
plaintiff
7. Circumstances which render a crime less aggravated - heinous - or reprehensible than it would otherwise be
extenuation circumstances
mandamus
mistrial
cross examination
8. A pleading usually used by defendants in criminal cases - which literally means 'I will not contest it'.
Dispose or dump
nightstick
motor vehicle non-traffic accident
nolo contendere
9. Miranda v. Arizona
5th Amendment Trial
certiorari
Petition
adjudication
10. Is used to recover possession of rental property.
necessarily included offenses
Class 'A' dl
Writ of possesion
opinion evidence
11. A legislative enactment by a federal or state body of legislators - more frequently referred to as 'a law'
recognizance
'In Rem'
Obscene
Statute
12. A legislative enactment by a municipality (e.g.' local curfew - parking violations); a local law as opposed to a state statute.
ordinance
bind over
power of attorney
allegation
13. From 1/2 hour after sunset to 1/2 hour before sunrise.
no bill
Nighttime
Through highway
Truck tractor
14. A. Served by an sheriff or constable B. Directs defendant to deliver possession of certain property to the officer - who the delivers the property to the person the court has directed.
15ft
Writ Of Possesion (Non-Eviction)
Bailee
Petition
15. The particular county - city - or geographic area in which a court with jurisdiction may hear and determine a case
Right of way
venue
Commercial Motor vehicle
Writ of possesion
16. A misdeed or trespass. The improper performance of some act which a person may lawfully do.
power of attorney
opinion evidence
Farm Tractor
misfeasance
17. 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
recognizance
indictment
nightstick
18. 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.
chambers
domicile
Commitment
necessarily included offenses
19. From 1/2 hour before sunrise - to 1/2 hour after sunset
Mistake of law
Traffic
Daytime
Sidewalk
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.
rebuttal
30ft
Through highway
Truck
21. Detailed list of articles of assests containing a designation or description of each specific article.
Limitation
Obscene
Inventory
mandamus
22. 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.
Return
Bicycle
search warrant
Sidewalk
23. A 'person' that direct the operation of one or more vehicles that haul people or cargo.
4th Amendment
1st Amendment trial
allegation
Motor carrier
24. Sufficent to establish a fact or raise a presumption unless disproved or rebuted.
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25. Original jurisdiction of all misdemeanors of which exclusive original jurisdiction is not given to teh justice court - and shall not exceed $500.
Bus
Default Judgement
due process
Jurisdiction Of County Courts
26. Freedom of religion - Freedom of speech - Freedom of the press - Freedom to peaceably assemble - Rights to grievances
expunge
Special mobile equipment
1st amendment
state's evidence
27. Oral or written statements made to the court presenting the claims and defenses of the parites
plaintiff
indictment
Special mobile equipment
Pleadings
28. Paved Shoulder
Improved shoulder
30ft
voir dire
Nighttime
29. By or on the relation of.
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30. A Person who recieves personal property from another as a bailment.
amicus curiae
Bailee
extortion - theft by
Dispose or dump
31. Probable cause to search vehicle (Carroll v. U.S)
Chattel
preponderance of evidence
double jeopardy
Motor Vehicle Searches
32. Portion of a street that is in between the edge of the road and adjacent property line.
Sidewalk
Commitment
self-defense
Business district
33. A receiver of stolen goods. typically This is someone who receives the stolen property for sale or distribution
fence
Jurisdiction Of County Courts
Truck tractor
bailiff
34. Motor vehicle - primarily designed to transport property.
Sequestration
forgery
'In Rem'
Truck
35. To collect - gather - take up - seize - or execute on monies - real - or personal property under a lwfully issued writ.
14th Amendment
Levy
noxious substance
Truck
36. Duran v. City of Douglas - Az
polygraph
Inadmissible
1st Amendment trial
chambers
37. And wife. The phrase was formely common in case names and legal documents invovling a husband and wife jointly.
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38. To run the hands quickly over another's person in search of weapons or contra ban; a 'pat down' search.
Freeway
Frisk
Parties
commutation
39. Go thru only with caution
riot
Flashing yellow light
testimony
noxious substance
40. 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
Open fields
Right of way
Exclusionary Rule
41. To release a person arrested or imprisoned - on security being taken - for his/her appearance in court on a specified day and place.
fence
Conservator Of Peace
Sidewalk
bail
42. An obligation signed by the accused - with his/her sureties - to secure his/her presence in court
bail bond
Class 'B' dl
'Et Seq'
Bicycle
43. The official record of proceedings in a trial or hearing
'Et Seq'
transcript
allegation
misfeasance
44. 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
self-defense
extortion - theft by
Motor carrier
Class 'B' dl
45. Any willful and unlawful use of force or violence upon the person of another
default
voir dire
battery
Gross combination weight rating
46. The questioning of witnesses in a trial or in the taking of a deposition by the party opposed to the one who produced the witness
cross examination
Writ of possesion
Parties
directed verdict
47. 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.
Parties
Flashing yellow light
Dispose or dump
Trailer
48. Person who swears to an affidavit or statement
3rd Amendment
Affiant
bailiff
Inventory
49. Judgement entered by the court upon the failure of party to plead or appear at the appointed time.
writ
Bus
Levy
Default Judgement
50. A person who brings an action; the party who complains or sues in a personal action and is so named on the record.
bailiff
plaintiff
Commercial Motor vehicle
riot