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Police Legal Vocab
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. A mandatory or prohibitive writ issued by a court.
injunction
5th Amendment Trial
expert evidence
burglary
2. Portion of a street that is in between the edge of the road and adjacent property line.
Licencse Ineligibility
Sidewalk
Ethnicity
instruction
3. A proceeding whereby property - money - or credits of a debtor - in possession of another (garnishee) - are applied to the debts of the debtor.
Garishment
mandamus
principles
adjudication
4. Giving or pronouncing a judgment or decree; also the judgment given.
Freeway main lane
rout
Licencse Ineligibility
adjudication
5. Place any type of litter on or in land/water
writ
Court of Criminal Appeals
Dispose or dump
Crosswalk
6. The entering of a private or restricted premise with the intent to commit grand theft - petty theft - or a felony
Nighttime
'Et Ux'
decree
burglary
7. 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.
principles
Licencse Ineligibility
Writ Of Possesion (Non-Eviction)
'Et Al'
8. To file a pleading (called a demurrer) admitting the truth of the facts in the complaint or answer - but contending
incompetent evidence
demur
Flammable liquid
nolo contendere
9. The removal of a suit begun in one county or district to another for trial or from one court to another in the same county or district
accessory
change of venue
nolo contendere
ordinance
10. An erroneous or invalid trial; a trial which can not stand in law because of lack of jurisdiction - wrong drawing of jurors - or disregard of some other fundamental requisite.
Petition
20ft
robbery
mistrial
11. Can't stop - stand - or park within how many ft. of a traffic control device thats on the side of the road?
10th Amendment
30ft
Sequestration
expert evidence
12. 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
accessory
feigned accomplice
ordinance
Affiant
13. The testimony of a witness not taken in open court - but in pursuance of authority given by statute or rule of court to take testimony elsewhere
Contempt
deposition
cause
indictment
14. Tenn v. Garner
robbery
4th Amendment trial
Dispose or dump
bailiff
15. Circumstances which render a crime less aggravated - heinous - or reprehensible than it would otherwise be
extenuation circumstances
Bailee
probable cause
malice
16. Strip of land next to the highway - at least 300 ft long - that is improved and used primarily for residences.
Sequestration
power of attorney
amicus curiae
Residence district
17. Any motor vehicle accident occurring entirely at a place other than on a highway.
motor vehicle non-traffic accident
synergism
parole
equitable action
18. A court attendant whose duties are to keep order in the courtroom and to have custody of the jury
4th Amendment
bailiff
Chattel
10th Amendment
19. Private office or room of a judge
nolo contendere
Statute
Farm Tractor
chambers
20. An article of personal property as distinguished from from real property.
certiorari
Residence district
Chattel
self-defense
21. Person who swears to an affidavit or statement
probable cause
nolo contendere
voir dire
Affiant
22. 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
Freeway
polygraph
self-defense
directed verdict
23. Written questions propounded by one party and served on an adversary - who must provide answers thereto under oath.
writ of possesion (Eviction)
interrogatories
state's evidence
voir dire
24. Steet not primarily used for hrought traffic - that provides access to building or lots
nightstick
Dispose or dump
Alley
demur
25. Probable cause to search vehicle (Carroll v. U.S)
5th Amendment Trial
noxious substance
Motor Vehicle Searches
misfeasance
26. Go thru only with caution
Bailee
Flashing yellow light
instruction
misfeasance
27. Liquid that has a flash point of not more than 70 degrees
Flammable liquid
rout
magistrate
Class 'A' dl
28. Is a order signed by a proper magistrate directing a sheriff to recieve and place in jail.
Official Misconduct
Commitment
Flashing yellow light
Race
29. Can't stop - stand - or park within how many ft. of crosswalk at an intersection?
Levy
burglary
20ft
Official traffic control device
30. 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
bail bond
'Prima Face'
Return
31. 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
writ of possesion (Eviction)
Trailer
32. Proceedings held to determine wheter a person has violated a lawful court order and to set punishment if viloation is found.
Gross combination weight rating
Contempt
commutation
feigned accomplice
33. The act of physically destroying files - records - or information; for example - upon judicial order
venue
Flammable liquid
extortion - theft by
expunge
34. Manaul - electric - or mechanical device that directs traffic to stop and to proceed.
Traffic control signal
Freeway
riot
subpoena
35. From 1/2 hour after sunset to 1/2 hour before sunrise.
equitable action
motive
Nighttime
1st amendment
36. 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
Class 'B' dl
'In Rem'
venue
37. A term commonly used to denote the disagreement of one or more judges of a court with the decision of the majority
cross examination
6th Amendment
10th Amendment
dissent
38. Offense that is an intentional or knowing violation of a law committed by a public servant while acting in an official capacity as a public servant.
'Ex Rel'
Official Misconduct
1st Amendment trial
Business district
39. Oral or written statements made to the court presenting the claims and defenses of the parites
fence
motive
expert evidence
Pleadings
40. An instruction by the judge to the jury to return a specific verdict
directed verdict
Writ Of Possesion (Non-Eviction)
motor vehicle non-traffic accident
Writ of possesion
41. A certain time allowed by statute in which litigation must be brought.
transcript
Limitation
Writ Of Possesion (Non-Eviction)
bind over
42. A highway that has PREFENTIAL RIGHT OF WAY in an intersection
accessory
Through highway
Statute
'In Rem'
43. 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
incompetent evidence
Commitment
Residence district
cross examination
44. In practice - the formal and unanimous decision or finding made by a jury - reported to the court - and accepted by it.
Habitual criminal
domicile
verdict
4th Amendment trial
45. And the following one or ones.
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46. Reduced speed zone to facilitate children going to and from school.
bail
noxious substance
School crossing zone
probable cause
47. 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.
Sequestration
Alley
Shoulder
opinion evidence
48. To stand an occupied or unoccupied vehicle other than while loading or unloading
3rd Amendment
Park or parking
School Crossing guard
Alias Citation
49. A pleading usually used by defendants in criminal cases - which literally means 'I will not contest it'.
rout
negligence
plaintiff
nolo contendere
50. Right to bear arms
2nd Amendment
certiorari
Official Misconduct
Shoulder