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Police Legal Vocab
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. The general class or type of property taken or the reason why the offense was committed. In crimes where property is taken - the motive will be the type of property taken. The specific type of property which the thief desired to acquire might include
Writ Of Possesion (Non-Eviction)
motive
fence
Commercial Motor vehicle
2. Is an affimative defense
Limitation
discovery
Mistake of law
search warrant
3. And other persons. -Commonly used to include anyone associated the named defendant in reference to the matter before he court.
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4. A motor vehicle used primarily as a farm implement.
motor vehicle non-traffic accident
allegation
Farm Tractor
fair preponderance
5. Right to an attorney during criminal proceedingis What amendment
Licencse Ineligibility
Race
6th amendment
Frisk
6. Temporary seizure or setting aside of specific to wich a party to a suit has claim of ownership.
School Crossing guard
burglary
Sequestration
Open fields
7. Evidence sufficient to convince the triers of fact that the party who has the burden of doing so has established its cause
writ of possesion (Eviction)
ordinance
fair preponderance
allegation
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
extortion - theft by
Garishment
condemnation
Class 'B' dl
9. A direction given by the judge to the jury concerning the law of the case.
Parties
Jurisdiction Of County Courts
instruction
demur
10. Unoccupied -Undeveloped -Uncultivated
Open fields
Gross combination weight rating
forgery
Alias Citation
11. A mandatory or prohibitive writ issued by a court.
instruction
nolo contendere
injunction
forgery
12. The right of one vehicle or pedestrian to proceed in a lawful manner in preference to another
Farm Tractor
arraignment
Urban district
Right of way
13. 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
amicus curiae
Ethnicity
equitable action
advancing prostitution
14. Written questions propounded by one party and served on an adversary - who must provide answers thereto under oath.
extortion - theft by
Court of Criminal Appeals
interrogatories
principles
15. 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
tort
bail bond
prosecutor
venue
16. RIGHT TO BE INDICTED BY A GRAND JURY - Notice of charges - Double jeopardy - Self Incrimination - Due Process - Reasonable reimbursement for property
1st amendment
robbery
5th Amendment
verdict
17. Citation issued after the original ciation usually directed to the sheriff or another county or directed to the defendant under another.
robbery
Alias Citation
assault
Roadway
18. Joint action of two separate drugs resulting in a total effect greater than the summed effects of both. For example - barbiturates are alcohol synergists - since the combined action of doses of alcohol and barbiturates (whoes additive effects would b
dactyloscopy
change of venue
synergism
no bill
19. A deadly weapon; a long - heavy club usually carried by a law enforcement officer.
Habitual criminal
nightstick
bail bond
deposition
20. A public offense or wrong that is forbidden by law
Sidewalk
Exclusionary Rule
probable cause
crime
21. 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.
default
transcript
Return
Habitual criminal
22. Any substance capable of generating offensive - noxious - or suffocating fumes - gasses - or vapors.
Commercial Motor vehicle
noxious substance
adjudication
Bus
23. Human power that has 2 wheel. It has to have at lease one wheel tat is a min. of 14' in.
Bicycle
brief
expert evidence
Park or parking
24. 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.
Statute
Bailee
Licencse Ineligibility
Obscene
25. Divided - controlled access highway
Petition
Freeway
due process
necessarily included offenses
26. Manaul - electric - or mechanical device that directs traffic to stop and to proceed.
Freeway
Class 'A' dl
best evidence
Traffic control signal
27. 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.
instruction
crime
search warrant
3rd Amendment
28. A legislative enactment by a municipality (e.g.' local curfew - parking violations); a local law as opposed to a state statute.
venue
deposition
ordinance
equitable action
29. Portion of the highway - other than the shoulder.
Sidewalk
Roadway
Return
negligence
30. 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
accessory
recognizance
20ft
31. Can't stop - stand - or park within how many ft. of a traffic control device thats on the side of the road?
30ft
transcript
6th Amendment
Parties
32. Shared culture and background - Shared language - religion and other culture patterns
Ethnicity
dactyloscopy
principles
indictment
33. The predominate appeal of the matter taken as a whole is to a prurient interest in sexual conduct involving minors.
Obscene
instruction
10th Amendment
4th Amendment trial
34. Evidence given by a competent witness - under oath; as distinguished from evidence derived from writings and other sources
30ft
testimony
Bailee
4th Amendment
35. Judgement entered by the court upon the failure of party to plead or appear at the appointed time.
Flashing yellow light
Alley
Motor carrier
Default Judgement
36. 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.
decree
Capias
robbery
'Ex Rel'
37. Primary evidence - as distinguished from secondary evidence; the best and highest evidence of which the nature of the case is susceptible
nolo contendere
best evidence
Libel
Jurisdiction Of County Courts
38. Any motor vehicle accident occurring entirely at a place other than on a highway.
motor vehicle non-traffic accident
Traffic control signal
feigned accomplice
Crosswalk
39. 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.
parole
Inadmissible
Improved shoulder
domicile
40. Final appeallate jurisdiction in penalty cases
Court of Criminal Appeals
Inadmissible
Petition
expunge
41. 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.
testimony
Libel
Official traffic control device
Laned roadway
42. 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
change of venue
extenuation circumstances
Farm Tractor
best evidence
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
Motor carrier
Obscene
cross examination
battery
44. To hold on bail for trial
preponderance of evidence
bind over
brief
opinion evidence
45. A friend of the court; one who interposes or volunteers information upon some matter of law
amicus curiae
deposition
equitable action
robbery
46. A term commonly used to denote the disagreement of one or more judges of a court with the decision of the majority
dissent
Pleadings
change of venue
recognizance
47. And the following one or ones.
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48. Place any type of litter on or in land/water
Through highway
Dispose or dump
Residence district
8th Amendment
49. To file a pleading (called a demurrer) admitting the truth of the facts in the complaint or answer - but contending
demur
Pro Bono
verdict
certiorari
50. A proceeding whereby one party to an action may be informed as to facts known by other parties or witnesses
Garishment
discovery
interrogatories
1st Amendment trial