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Police Legal Vocab
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1. Intent to commit an unlawful act or cause harm without legal justification or excuse.
Petition
malice
Court of Criminal Appeals
4th Amendment
2. That which - under the established rules of evidence - cannot be admitted or received into a court of law.
Nighttime
Inadmissible
synergism
indictment
3. And the following one or ones.
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4. When an attorney works for client for no fee.
Levy
injunction
Sidewalk
Pro Bono
5. That place where a person has his/her true and permanent home. a person may have several residences - but only one domicile
domicile
allegation
Class 'B' dl
9th Amendment
6. Giving or pronouncing a judgment or decree; also the judgment given.
adjudication
Residence district
fair preponderance
corroboration evidence
7. One who knowingly - voluntarily and with common intent with a principal offender - unites in the commission of a crime
peremptory challenge
accomplice
Inadmissible
rebuttal
8. A suitor who - on account of poverty - is allowed to sue or defend without being chargable with cost
arraignment
prosecutor
Indigent/Pauper
Bus
9. A person 'advances prostitution' when - acting other than as a prostitute or as a patron thereof - he/she knowingly causes or aids a person to engage in prostitution - procures or solicits patrons for prostitution - provides persons or promises for p
advancing prostitution
6th Amendment trial
Daytime
Nighttime
10. Motor vehicle - primarily designed to transport property.
Truck
Highway or street
Right of way
Conservator Of Peace
11. 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.
negligence
Malfeasance
Gross combination weight rating
no bill
12. Rights not mention retained by people
Statute
burglary
9th Amendment
Nighttime
13. The persons who are actively concerned in the prosecution or defense of a legal proceeding.
1st Amendment trial
Class 'A' dl
Parties
Obscene
14. 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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15. Persons -Houses - papers - and effects from unreasonable searches and seizure - NO WARRANTS EXCEPT UPON PROBABLE CAUSE
brief
4th Amendment
Ethnicity
burglary
16. 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
extortion - theft by
Obscene
bailiff
negligence
17. A legal document (process) signed by a judicial officer commanding a witness to appear and testify at a specific time and place
subpoena
ordinance
Levy
felony
18. An action Which may be brought for the purpose of restraining the threatened infliction of wrongs or personal injuries and the prevention of threatened illegal action
Exclusionary Rule
felony
Sequestration
equitable action
19. A motor vehicle designed to carry more than 10 or motor vehicle other than a cab
Statute
Bus
'Prima Face'
Commercial Motor vehicle
20. An injury or wrong committed - either with or without force - to the person or property of another
Parties
Petition
Alias Citation
tort
21. Value specified as the loaded weight of a combination or articulated vehicle
Indigent/Pauper
dactyloscopy
Gross combination weight rating
Libel
22. The assertion - declaration - or statement of a party to an action - made in a pleading - setting out what he/she expects to prove
Safety Zone
Fraud
power of attorney
allegation
23. Is an affimative defense
false arrest
Mistake of law
Traffic control signal
6th Amendment
24. An instrument used to record variations of several different body pulsations. The courts have not as yet agreed that the scientific principles of the polygraph - commonly called the lie detector - has crossed the line between the experimental and the
Frisk
polygraph
Freeway main lane
30ft
25. Duran v. City of Douglas - Az
Court of Criminal Appeals
interrogatories
preponderance of evidence
1st Amendment trial
26. Portion of the highway - other than the shoulder.
forgery
Roadway
due process
rebuttal
27. A public disorder or uprising. To constitute a riot - the object need not be unlawful - provided the acts are done in a manner calculated to inspire terror. The chief element in a riot is the use of force or violence to disturb public peace if accomp
cross examination
riot
extenuation circumstances
peremptory challenge
28. Sheriff
1st amendment
commutation
Conservator Of Peace
3rd Amendment
29. Decayable waste (animal/vegetable) - Non-decayable/solid waste that consist of boxes -rubber - plastic - metal - etc.
chambers
Litter
false arrest
decree
30. Can't stop - stand - or park within how many ft. of a fire hydrate?
accomplice
Nighttime
15ft
adjudication
31. To file a pleading (called a demurrer) admitting the truth of the facts in the complaint or answer - but contending
cross examination
Writ of possesion
amicus curiae
demur
32. 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
feigned accomplice
'In Rem'
amicus curiae
Mistake of law
33. Greater weight of evidence - or evidence which is more credible and convincing to the mind - not necessarily the greater number of witnesses.
motor vehicle non-traffic accident
bailiff
Licencse Ineligibility
preponderance of evidence
34. 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.
principles
parole
Truck tractor
6th amendment
35. By or on the relation of.
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36. Testimony - given by an accomplice or participant in a crime - tending to convict others.
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37. 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
9th Amendment
rout
'Ex Rel'
38. Portion of a street that is in between the edge of the road and adjacent property line.
Sidewalk
chambers
cross examination
Mistake of law
39. Any substance capable of generating offensive - noxious - or suffocating fumes - gasses - or vapors.
noxious substance
Urban district
cause
writ of possesion (Eviction)
40. Evidence given by a competent witness - under oath; as distinguished from evidence derived from writings and other sources
Right of way
Petition
change of venue
testimony
41. An instruction by the judge to the jury to return a specific verdict
directed verdict
adjudication
discovery
Roadway
42. A motor vehicle used primarily as a farm implement.
principles
mistrial
Farm Tractor
Bus
43. A written or printed document prepared by counsel to file in court - usually setting forth both facts and law in support of the case
Return
Statute
brief
probable cause
44. An accusation in writing found and presented by a grand jury - charging that a person therein named has done some act or been guilty of some omission which - by law - is a crime.
'Et Al'
double jeopardy
burglary
indictment
45. 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.
Ethnicity
15ft
no bill
nolo contendere
46. The act of physically destroying files - records - or information; for example - upon judicial order
Race
Official Misconduct
expunge
mandamus
47. In criminal practice - bringing a prisoner to the bar of the court to answer to a criminal charg
Traffic control signal
Return
arraignment
directed verdict
48. Tenn v. Garner
power of attorney
4th Amendment trial
Urban district
bind over
49. 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.
fair preponderance
Levy
search warrant
condemnation
50. Can't stop - stand - or park within how many ft. of a traffic control device thats on the side of the road?
best evidence
Chattel
30ft
voir dire
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