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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. Miranda v. Arizona
Habitual criminal
'In Rem'
directed verdict
5th Amendment Trial
2. Can't stop - stand - or park within how many ft. of crosswalk at an intersection?
20ft
Alias Citation
School Crossing guard
peremptory challenge
3. 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
embezzlement
feigned accomplice
Alley
Flashing yellow light
4. Persons -Houses - papers - and effects from unreasonable searches and seizure - NO WARRANTS EXCEPT UPON PROBABLE CAUSE
arraignment
Affiant
4th Amendment
cause
5. By or on the relation of.
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6. A public offense or wrong that is forbidden by law
Right of way
plaintiff
crime
Business district
7. Go thru only with caution
Flashing yellow light
bail
misfeasance
motive
8. From 1/2 hour before sunrise - to 1/2 hour after sunset
domicile
Daytime
Bus
plaintiff
9. Circumstances which render a crime less aggravated - heinous - or reprehensible than it would otherwise be
'Et Ux'
Right of way
extenuation circumstances
Class 'B' dl
10. Giving or pronouncing a judgment or decree; also the judgment given.
adjudication
'Et Ux'
Truck tractor
necessarily included offenses
11. Rights not mention retained by people
9th Amendment
nightstick
rebuttal
Bus
12. A proceeding whereby property - money - or credits of a debtor - in possession of another (garnishee) - are applied to the debts of the debtor.
Residence district
riot
Garishment
Motor Vehicle Searches
13. A written or printed document prepared by counsel to file in court - usually setting forth both facts and law in support of the case
Official traffic control device
Bicycle
School crossing zone
brief
14. Final appeallate jurisdiction in penalty cases
Court of Criminal Appeals
default
expert evidence
plaintiff
15. The felonious taking of personal property in the possession of another from his/her person or immediate presence and against his/her will - accomplished by means of force or fear.
forgery
robbery
magistrate
default
16. 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.
Trailer
Shoulder
felony
arraignment
17. Tenn v. Garner
dissent
Residence district
4th Amendment trial
incompetent evidence
18. And wife. The phrase was formely common in case names and legal documents invovling a husband and wife jointly.
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19. 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
Business district
Bicycle
Farm Tractor
Race
20. An instrument authorizing another to act as one's agent or attorney.
2nd Amendment
power of attorney
bind over
indictment
21. Decayable waste (animal/vegetable) - Non-decayable/solid waste that consist of boxes -rubber - plastic - metal - etc.
Daytime
Litter
motive
false arrest
22. Citizens of each state are also - citizens of the U.S. state governments must adhere to the U.S. Constitution.
14th Amendment
domicile
condemnation
Parties
23. Area between the boundary lines/ right of way lines of a publicly maintained way - which is open to vehicular travel.
Court of Criminal Appeals
Highway or street
Flashing yellow light
30ft
24. 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
tort
prosecutor
adjudication
25. A mandatory or prohibitive writ issued by a court.
corroboration evidence
injunction
change of venue
Inventory
26. A legal document (process) signed by a judicial officer commanding a witness to appear and testify at a specific time and place
Alias Citation
subpoena
expert evidence
Alley
27. Value specified as the loaded weight of a combination or articulated vehicle
discovery
4th Amendment trial
Special mobile equipment
Gross combination weight rating
28. Evidence supplementary to that already given and tending to strengthen or confirm it
Chattel
corroboration evidence
accessory
Urban district
29. To run the hands quickly over another's person in search of weapons or contra ban; a 'pat down' search.
dactyloscopy
adjudication
amicus curiae
Frisk
30. Unoccupied -Undeveloped -Uncultivated
Open fields
8th Amendment
embezzlement
Litter
31. Sufficent to establish a fact or raise a presumption unless disproved or rebuted.
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32. 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.
polygraph
6th Amendment
Freeway main lane
no bill
33. A crime of a graver nature than a misdemeanor. generally - an offense punishable by death or imprisonment in a penitentiary
felony
Freeway main lane
motive
dissent
34. Strip of land next to the highway - at least 300 ft long - that is improved and used primarily for residences.
Petition
Residence district
Pleadings
Traffic control signal
35. One who initiates the prosecution upon which an accused is arrested or who offers or presents an accusation against the party whom he/she suspects to be guilty; also - one who takes charge of a case and performs the functions of a trial lawyer for th
verdict
4th Amendment
prosecutor
mandamus
36. Duran v. City of Douglas - Az
assault
20ft
1st Amendment trial
interrogatories
37. Joint action of two separate drugs resulting in a total effect greater than the summed effects of both. For example - barbiturates are alcohol synergists - since the combined action of doses of alcohol and barbiturates (whoes additive effects would b
expert evidence
transcript
parole
synergism
38. Document filed by the plantiff with the clerk of the court that outlines the basis of the complaint - against the defendant.
School crossing zone
Petition
Commercial Motor vehicle
rebuttal
39. Person who swears to an affidavit or statement
domicile
Affiant
brief
extenuation circumstances
40. Reduced speed zone to facilitate children going to and from school.
9th Amendment
5th Amendment Trial
School crossing zone
Injuction
41. A court attendant whose duties are to keep order in the courtroom and to have custody of the jury
Licencse Ineligibility
Traffic
Bus
bailiff
42. That which - under the established rules of evidence - cannot be admitted or received into a court of law.
voir dire
Inadmissible
Pro Bono
6th amendment
43. Sheriff
Gross combination weight rating
Conservator Of Peace
interrogatories
discovery
44. Evidence of what the witness thinks or believes in regard to facts in dispute - as distinguished from his/her personal knowledge of the facts; not admissible except (under certain limitations) in the case of experts.
Bicycle
peremptory challenge
accessory
opinion evidence
45. The official record of proceedings in a trial or hearing
Daytime
transcript
forgery
Shoulder
46. 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
embezzlement
Commercial Motor vehicle
change of venue
Litter
47. Freedom of religion - Freedom of speech - Freedom of the press - Freedom to peaceably assemble - Rights to grievances
1st amendment
Truck
Bicycle
Libel
48. Allows a landlord who prevails in an eviction suit to regain possession of the premises that were in dispute.
writ of possesion (Eviction)
decree
default
bail
49. Probable cause to search vehicle (Carroll v. U.S)
Freeway main lane
Motor Vehicle Searches
bail bond
Litter
50. The protection of one's person or property against some injury attempted by another. The law of 'self-defense' justifies an act done in the reasonable belief of immediate danger. When acting in justifiable self-defense - a person may not be punished
rout
Special mobile equipment
self-defense
recognizance