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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. It is recognized as an extension of the sidewalk and doesnt have to be marked on the roadway to be considered lawful.
malice
Crosswalk
Urban district
misfeasance
2. Liquid that has a flash point of not more than 70 degrees
'Et Seq'
bail bond
Flammable liquid
felony
3. A friend of the court; one who interposes or volunteers information upon some matter of law
amicus curiae
'Prima Face'
Contempt
crime
4. Evidence sufficient to convince the triers of fact that the party who has the burden of doing so has established its cause
accessory
Frisk
9th Amendment
fair preponderance
5. A written or printed document prepared by counsel to file in court - usually setting forth both facts and law in support of the case
writ
Class 'B' dl
Bus
brief
6. Place any type of litter on or in land/water
Default Judgement
accomplice
Trailer
Dispose or dump
7. 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.
crime
search warrant
Class 'A' dl
parole
8. A receiver of stolen goods. typically This is someone who receives the stolen property for sale or distribution
Frisk
14th Amendment
fence
bailiff
9. Motor vehicle used to draw another vehicle. NOT MEANT TO CARRY A LOAD - OTHER HAN PART OF THE WEIGHT OF THE OTHER VEHICLERO
Litter
Freeway main lane
Truck tractor
Class 'B' dl
10. 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
2nd Amendment
Dispose or dump
accessory
recognizance
11. A motor vehicle used primarily as a farm implement.
corroboration evidence
Farm Tractor
burglary
cause
12. A public offense or wrong that is forbidden by law
crime
Malfeasance
1st Amendment trial
Official Misconduct
13. 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
motive
expert evidence
Residence district
14. A preportory stage to a riot. A rout is necessary for a riot to occur. When a lawful assembly begins to move towards the execution of an unlawful propose - but before any acts of violence or disorder occur - a rout has been committed.
indictment
'Et Seq'
rout
Sidewalk
15. Sheriff
robbery
Licencse Ineligibility
Conservator Of Peace
'Ex Rel'
16. 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.
certiorari
search warrant
Inadmissible
Pro Bono
17. 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
Through highway
Special mobile equipment
certiorari
extortion - theft by
18. Common Ancesry and physical characteristics
Race
Residence district
Trailer
extenuation circumstances
19. 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.
extenuation circumstances
Trailer
Commitment
'Prima Face'
20. An injury or wrong committed - either with or without force - to the person or property of another
Pleadings
accessory
bail bond
tort
21. Manaul - electric - or mechanical device that directs traffic to stop and to proceed.
'In Rem'
Traffic control signal
Improved shoulder
Bicycle
22. Can't stop - stand - or park within how many ft. of a traffic control device thats on the side of the road?
30ft
testimony
condemnation
Injuction
23. Area between the boundary lines/ right of way lines of a publicly maintained way - which is open to vehicular travel.
Truck
Highway or street
extradition
rout
24. Written questions propounded by one party and served on an adversary - who must provide answers thereto under oath.
'In Rem'
Limitation
writ of possesion (Eviction)
interrogatories
25. 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.
Court of Criminal Appeals
Residence district
ordinance
decree
26. Any motor vehicle accident occurring entirely at a place other than on a highway.
Sidewalk
Fraud
expert evidence
motor vehicle non-traffic accident
27. Is a order signed by a proper magistrate directing a sheriff to recieve and place in jail.
opinion evidence
Commitment
School Crossing guard
6th Amendment trial
28. Circumstances which render a crime less aggravated - heinous - or reprehensible than it would otherwise be
Official traffic control device
'In Rem'
extenuation circumstances
interrogatories
29. The entering of a private or restricted premise with the intent to commit grand theft - petty theft - or a felony
Inadmissible
10th Amendment
feigned accomplice
burglary
30. And other persons. -Commonly used to include anyone associated the named defendant in reference to the matter before he court.
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31. 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
School Crossing guard
best evidence
deposition
probable cause
32. An original writ commanding judges or officers of inferior courts to certify or to return records of proceedings in a cause for judicial review
Shoulder
certiorari
20ft
Flammable liquid
33. The particular county - city - or geographic area in which a court with jurisdiction may hear and determine a case
feigned accomplice
9th Amendment
Inventory
venue
34. Evidence illegally obtained by police officers can-not be used against the accused in a criminal case. (Mapp v. Ohio)
equitable action
Exclusionary Rule
Official traffic control device
state's evidence
35. A suitor who - on account of poverty - is allowed to sue or defend without being chargable with cost
Indigent/Pauper
Commitment
Licencse Ineligibility
indictment
36. Primary evidence - as distinguished from secondary evidence; the best and highest evidence of which the nature of the case is susceptible
20ft
best evidence
Daytime
Shoulder
37. To speak the truth. The phrase denoted the preliminary examination which the court may make of one presented as a witness or juror - as to his/her qualifications.
Highway or street
misfeasance
voir dire
Nighttime
38. A legislative enactment by a federal or state body of legislators - more frequently referred to as 'a law'
Motor Vehicle Searches
Statute
Capias
no bill
39. 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
self-defense
Truck
change of venue
'Et Seq'
40. 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.
no bill
Freeway
due process
cause
41. The fraudulent appropriation by a person for his/her own use or benefit of property or money entrusted to him/her by another
necessarily included offenses
embezzlement
'Prima Face'
injunction
42. Evidence supplementary to that already given and tending to strengthen or confirm it
Fraud
8th Amendment
corroboration evidence
Safety Zone
43. A person who brings an action; the party who complains or sues in a personal action and is so named on the record.
extortion - theft by
plaintiff
amicus curiae
parole
44. RIGHT TO BE INDICTED BY A GRAND JURY - Notice of charges - Double jeopardy - Self Incrimination - Due Process - Reasonable reimbursement for property
5th Amendment
fence
noxious substance
Inadmissible
45. Giving or pronouncing a judgment or decree; also the judgment given.
injunction
demur
adjudication
School crossing zone
46. A certain time allowed by statute in which litigation must be brought.
Limitation
Flashing yellow light
peremptory challenge
due process
47. 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
feigned accomplice
Business district
noxious substance
accomplice
48. The commission of some act which is prohibited by law.
probable cause
feigned accomplice
Malfeasance
crime
49. Anyone under 15 Y.O.A - Anyone under 18 Y.O.A unless they comply with driver education training - Anyone proven to be addicted to certain substances.
Official traffic control device
Garishment
30ft
Licencse Ineligibility
50. 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
directed verdict
Special mobile equipment
'Et Ux'