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Police Legal Vocab
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. The false making or material altering - with intent to defraud - of any writing which - if genuine - might be the foundation of a legal liability
Shoulder
nightstick
Traffic
forgery
2. Can be pedestrians - ridden or herded animals or vehicles.
Business district
rout
Traffic
1st Amendment trial
3. The particular county - city - or geographic area in which a court with jurisdiction may hear and determine a case
corroboration evidence
Inadmissible
Obscene
venue
4. Can be issued by a clerk of the court
robbery
Capias
Farm Tractor
Injuction
5. Duran v. City of Douglas - Az
1st Amendment trial
malice
Flashing yellow light
prosecutor
6. Evidence which is not admissible under the established rules of evidence.
'Et Al'
Bus
domicile
incompetent evidence
7. 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.
feigned accomplice
Dispose or dump
Open fields
search warrant
8. Endorsement by an officer upon a process stating what - where - when - why - how - and whom service and compliance of the commands within the process were made.
Trailer
'Prima Face'
Return
crime
9. A person who brings an action; the party who complains or sues in a personal action and is so named on the record.
nightstick
6th Amendment trial
plaintiff
assault
10. Human power that has 2 wheel. It has to have at lease one wheel tat is a min. of 14' in.
robbery
Bicycle
cross examination
interrogatories
11. Right to bail - Protection from excessive fines - No cruel of unusual punishment
riot
Litter
Official traffic control device
8th Amendment
12. A proceeding whereby property - money - or credits of a debtor - in possession of another (garnishee) - are applied to the debts of the debtor.
Exclusionary Rule
verdict
Garishment
negligence
13. An obligation signed by the accused - with his/her sureties - to secure his/her presence in court
domicile
bail bond
Bus
interrogatories
14. Commands the person to whom it is directed to desist or refrain from the commision or continuance of the act enjoined or to obey and execute such order as the court has seen proper to issue.
Garishment
Injuction
Official Misconduct
mandamus
15. That which - under the established rules of evidence - cannot be admitted or received into a court of law.
'In Rem'
Levy
Inadmissible
synergism
16. Motor vehicle used to draw another vehicle. NOT MEANT TO CARRY A LOAD - OTHER HAN PART OF THE WEIGHT OF THE OTHER VEHICLERO
Truck
Truck tractor
Affiant
preponderance of evidence
17. Final appeallate jurisdiction in penalty cases
Court of Criminal Appeals
battery
Obscene
synergism
18. Proceedings held to determine wheter a person has violated a lawful court order and to set punishment if viloation is found.
default
ordinance
negligence
Contempt
19. Area in roadway designaaed for exclusive pedestrian use. Mus have signage or markings
bind over
Safety Zone
6th Amendment trial
Alley
20. Written questions propounded by one party and served on an adversary - who must provide answers thereto under oath.
interrogatories
'Et Ux'
discovery
Residence district
21. 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
fair preponderance
5th Amendment
cross examination
allegation
22. A written or printed document prepared by counsel to file in court - usually setting forth both facts and law in support of the case
incompetent evidence
brief
Roadway
bail
23. A proceeding whereby one party to an action may be informed as to facts known by other parties or witnesses
Park or parking
Residence district
Shoulder
discovery
24. Every person who - after a felony has been committed - harbors - conceals - or aids a principal in such felony - with the intent that said principal may avoid or escape from arrest - trial - conviction - or punishment - having knowledge that said pri
Race
injunction
accessory
Ethnicity
25. Person who swears to an affidavit or statement
5th Amendment Trial
Affiant
certiorari
necessarily included offenses
26. Common Ancesry and physical characteristics
battery
Truck
Shoulder
Race
27. Temporary seizure or setting aside of specific to wich a party to a suit has claim of ownership.
6th Amendment trial
Inadmissible
incompetent evidence
Sequestration
28. 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.
Flammable liquid
Mistake of law
opinion evidence
forgery
29. Portion of a street that is in between the edge of the road and adjacent property line.
Inadmissible
Daytime
14th Amendment
Sidewalk
30. 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
extradition
Special mobile equipment
Inadmissible
Nighttime
31. Is used to recover possession of rental property.
Litter
condemnation
magistrate
Writ of possesion
32. In criminal practice - bringing a prisoner to the bar of the court to answer to a criminal charg
noxious substance
arraignment
opinion evidence
Through highway
33. 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.
Trailer
power of attorney
School Crossing guard
recognizance
34. And wife. The phrase was formely common in case names and legal documents invovling a husband and wife jointly.
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35. Tenn v. Garner
Parties
deposition
4th Amendment trial
Special mobile equipment
36. 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.
Motion
rebuttal
Truck tractor
Conservator Of Peace
37. 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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38. In Re Gault
extortion - theft by
6th Amendment trial
Open fields
'Prima Face'
39. From 1/2 hour after sunset to 1/2 hour before sunrise.
tort
Nighttime
Affiant
Bus
40. Paved Shoulder
bail bond
synergism
Improved shoulder
Farm Tractor
41. A legislative enactment by a federal or state body of legislators - more frequently referred to as 'a law'
Statute
felony
cross examination
amicus curiae
42. That place where a person has his/her true and permanent home. a person may have several residences - but only one domicile
Motion
Special mobile equipment
10th Amendment
domicile
43. The challenge which the prosecution or defense may use to reject a certain number of prospective jurors without assigning cause.
Dispose or dump
Business district
peremptory challenge
felony
44. 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
best evidence
School Crossing guard
Alley
prosecutor
45. Place any type of litter on or in land/water
Dispose or dump
synergism
venue
Bailee
46. A method of defamation expressed by print - writing - pictures - or signs. In its most general sense - any publication that is injurious to the reputation of another.
dissent
Libel
Official Misconduct
Bus
47. The act of physically destroying files - records - or information; for example - upon judicial order
motor vehicle non-traffic accident
Bus
expunge
arraignment
48. Right to an attorney during criminal proceedingis What amendment
Sidewalk
6th amendment
forgery
Writ Of Possesion (Non-Eviction)
49. Testimony - given by an accomplice or participant in a crime - tending to convict others.
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50. Circumstances which render a crime less aggravated - heinous - or reprehensible than it would otherwise be
Inventory
'Prima Face'
extenuation circumstances
extortion - theft by