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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. A highway that has PREFENTIAL RIGHT OF WAY in an intersection
false arrest
Through highway
nightstick
opinion evidence
2. The act of physically destroying files - records - or information; for example - upon judicial order
Park or parking
expunge
Residence district
Levy
3. Circumstances which render a crime less aggravated - heinous - or reprehensible than it would otherwise be
injunction
8th Amendment
extenuation circumstances
Race
4. Area in roadway designaaed for exclusive pedestrian use. Mus have signage or markings
Safety Zone
burglary
venue
1st amendment
5. A suit - litigation - or action - that is either civil or criminal
no bill
Fraud
Truck tractor
cause
6. 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
Return
30ft
'Et Ux'
expert evidence
7. 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
equitable action
Dispose or dump
domicile
Highway or street
8. 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
Official traffic control device
extortion - theft by
Affiant
nightstick
9. The fraudulent appropriation by a person for his/her own use or benefit of property or money entrusted to him/her by another
2nd Amendment
expert evidence
Affiant
embezzlement
10. 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.
Litter
decree
Capias
motor vehicle non-traffic accident
11. An order or precept in writing - issued in the name of the people or of a court or judicial officer.
forgery
crime
mistrial
writ
12. In practice - the formal and unanimous decision or finding made by a jury - reported to the court - and accepted by it.
assault
Alley
certiorari
verdict
13. The predominate appeal of the matter taken as a whole is to a prurient interest in sexual conduct involving minors.
Pleadings
Obscene
false arrest
Litter
14. Detailed list of articles of assests containing a designation or description of each specific article.
Inventory
20ft
nolo contendere
Commercial Motor vehicle
15. A crime of a graver nature than a misdemeanor. generally - an offense punishable by death or imprisonment in a penitentiary
equitable action
School crossing zone
felony
Truck tractor
16. Area between the boundary lines/ right of way lines of a publicly maintained way - which is open to vehicular travel.
Highway or street
venue
Shoulder
Affiant
17. 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
writ of possesion (Eviction)
Capias
transcript
18. A proceeding whereby one party to an action may be informed as to facts known by other parties or witnesses
Freeway
Bicycle
'Et Seq'
discovery
19. Any willful and unlawful use of force or violence upon the person of another
no bill
'Et Seq'
battery
Limitation
20. A legal document (process) signed by a judicial officer commanding a witness to appear and testify at a specific time and place
Dispose or dump
subpoena
Frisk
arraignment
21. All persons concerned in the commission of a crime - whether they directly commit the act constituting the offense or aid in its commission or have advised and encouraged its commission - all persons counseling - advising - or encouraging children un
Truck
arraignment
principles
default
22. A term commonly used to denote the disagreement of one or more judges of a court with the decision of the majority
dissent
parole
Licencse Ineligibility
cross examination
23. An original writ commanding judges or officers of inferior courts to certify or to return records of proceedings in a cause for judicial review
certiorari
testimony
state's evidence
4th Amendment
24. Citation issued after the original ciation usually directed to the sheriff or another county or directed to the defendant under another.
condemnation
Safety Zone
directed verdict
Alias Citation
25. The particular county - city - or geographic area in which a court with jurisdiction may hear and determine a case
due process
prosecutor
venue
opinion evidence
26. The right of one vehicle or pedestrian to proceed in a lawful manner in preference to another
Right of way
crime
Contempt
'In Rem'
27. Tenn v. Garner
Through highway
state's evidence
'Ex Rel'
4th Amendment trial
28. Persons -Houses - papers - and effects from unreasonable searches and seizure - NO WARRANTS EXCEPT UPON PROBABLE CAUSE
expunge
bail bond
Daytime
4th Amendment
29. That which - under the established rules of evidence - cannot be admitted or received into a court of law.
Indigent/Pauper
Inadmissible
School crossing zone
expert evidence
30. To run the hands quickly over another's person in search of weapons or contra ban; a 'pat down' search.
Frisk
plaintiff
Malfeasance
negligence
31. No force quarterly of soldiers - permitted only in war time and in accordance with the law.
subpoena
Motion
Sidewalk
3rd Amendment
32. Place any type of litter on or in land/water
Motion
Bailee
Dispose or dump
malice
33. A proceeding whereby property - money - or credits of a debtor - in possession of another (garnishee) - are applied to the debts of the debtor.
necessarily included offenses
Garishment
synergism
decree
34. 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.
rout
Highway or street
robbery
instruction
35. 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.
9th Amendment
Freeway main lane
Libel
6th amendment
36. An instrument authorizing another to act as one's agent or attorney.
power of attorney
Motor Vehicle Searches
adjudication
polygraph
37. Evidence illegally obtained by police officers can-not be used against the accused in a criminal case. (Mapp v. Ohio)
extenuation circumstances
Frisk
cross examination
Exclusionary Rule
38. 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
polygraph
recognizance
bail
Official Misconduct
39. 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.
recognizance
discovery
'In Rem'
dactyloscopy
40. Right to bail - Protection from excessive fines - No cruel of unusual punishment
change of venue
Commercial Motor vehicle
8th Amendment
condemnation
41. 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.
Official Misconduct
Fraud
'Et Al'
Parties
42. To stand an occupied or unoccupied vehicle other than while loading or unloading
Park or parking
cross examination
Levy
Shoulder
43. 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.
cause
verdict
opinion evidence
adjudication
44. And wife. The phrase was formely common in case names and legal documents invovling a husband and wife jointly.
45. Can't stop - stand - or park within how many ft. of a traffic control device thats on the side of the road?
3rd Amendment
directed verdict
30ft
Garishment
46. A motor vehicle used primarily as a farm implement.
directed verdict
opinion evidence
Farm Tractor
necessarily included offenses
47. A person who brings an action; the party who complains or sues in a personal action and is so named on the record.
Nighttime
plaintiff
Roadway
Bicycle
48. To release a person arrested or imprisoned - on security being taken - for his/her appearance in court on a specified day and place.
bail
Truck
advancing prostitution
Daytime
49. 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
instruction
Crosswalk
Commercial Motor vehicle
chambers
50. One of the lanes on the freeway
15ft
necessarily included offenses
Freeway main lane
arraignment