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Police Legal Vocab
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. A receiver of stolen goods. typically This is someone who receives the stolen property for sale or distribution
commutation
polygraph
8th Amendment
fence
2. An order or precept in writing - issued in the name of the people or of a court or judicial officer.
arraignment
'Et Seq'
Habitual criminal
writ
3. 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.
Return
Crosswalk
'Et Ux'
Park or parking
4. Place any type of litter on or in land/water
Residence district
Sidewalk
Dispose or dump
Jurisdiction Of County Courts
5. The practical application of the scientific study of fingerprint comparisons and the classification of prints
Capias
extenuation circumstances
dactyloscopy
Official traffic control device
6. Can be issued by a clerk of the court
8th Amendment
Motor carrier
rout
Capias
7. Any willful and unlawful use of force or violence upon the person of another
Trailer
battery
magistrate
Commercial Motor vehicle
8. 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.
felony
equitable action
Trailer
Traffic
9. Right to an attorney during criminal proceedingis What amendment
Alley
6th amendment
Class 'A' dl
default
10. Evidence illegally obtained by police officers can-not be used against the accused in a criminal case. (Mapp v. Ohio)
Levy
Exclusionary Rule
domicile
arraignment
11. Shared culture and background - Shared language - religion and other culture patterns
crime
Ethnicity
6th Amendment trial
Pleadings
12. And the following one or ones.
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13. A highway that has PREFENTIAL RIGHT OF WAY in an intersection
synergism
bail bond
School crossing zone
Through highway
14. Can't stop - stand - or park within how many ft. of a traffic control device thats on the side of the road?
10th Amendment
recognizance
5th Amendment
30ft
15. 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.
Urban district
plaintiff
Libel
Alias Citation
16. Common Ancesry and physical characteristics
probable cause
opinion evidence
Race
Conservator Of Peace
17. A legislative enactment by a municipality (e.g.' local curfew - parking violations); a local law as opposed to a state statute.
Pleadings
burglary
ordinance
instruction
18. Area in roadway designaaed for exclusive pedestrian use. Mus have signage or markings
Safety Zone
5th Amendment Trial
dactyloscopy
double jeopardy
19. Law in its regular course of administration through the courts of justice. the guarantee of due process requires that every person have the protection of a fair trial
due process
corroboration evidence
'Ex Rel'
Alley
20. A pleading usually used by defendants in criminal cases - which literally means 'I will not contest it'.
Chattel
nolo contendere
'Et Ux'
best evidence
21. A certain time allowed by statute in which litigation must be brought.
Bus
Statute
false arrest
Limitation
22. 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
Special mobile equipment
Jurisdiction Of County Courts
extortion - theft by
Litter
23. The persons who are actively concerned in the prosecution or defense of a legal proceeding.
polygraph
Licencse Ineligibility
Parties
Trailer
24. The challenge which the prosecution or defense may use to reject a certain number of prospective jurors without assigning cause.
peremptory challenge
Race
state's evidence
testimony
25. Written questions propounded by one party and served on an adversary - who must provide answers thereto under oath.
misfeasance
extenuation circumstances
search warrant
interrogatories
26. Motor vehicle used to draw another vehicle. NOT MEANT TO CARRY A LOAD - OTHER HAN PART OF THE WEIGHT OF THE OTHER VEHICLERO
mandamus
expunge
Freeway main lane
Truck tractor
27. Reasonable grounds for supposing that a criminal charge is well-founded.
false arrest
probable cause
Fraud
accomplice
28. 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
Highway or street
cross examination
no bill
advancing prostitution
29. 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.
2nd Amendment
robbery
Nighttime
Court of Criminal Appeals
30. Any substance capable of generating offensive - noxious - or suffocating fumes - gasses - or vapors.
demur
expert evidence
Bicycle
noxious substance
31. An instruction by the judge to the jury to return a specific verdict
directed verdict
state's evidence
Laned roadway
magistrate
32. When an attorney works for client for no fee.
Right of way
Pro Bono
Alias Citation
plaintiff
33. Paved Shoulder
expunge
Improved shoulder
8th Amendment
Malfeasance
34. Where an offense cannot be accomplished without necessarily committing another offense - the latter is a necessarily included offense. For example - every battery includes an assault. Murder includes manslaughter.
embezzlement
necessarily included offenses
'Prima Face'
preponderance of evidence
35. A legal document (process) signed by a judicial officer commanding a witness to appear and testify at a specific time and place
Limitation
power of attorney
Ethnicity
subpoena
36. The assertion - declaration - or statement of a party to an action - made in a pleading - setting out what he/she expects to prove
peremptory challenge
5th Amendment Trial
expunge
allegation
37. 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
Trailer
Parties
condemnation
38. An accusation in writing found and presented by a grand jury - charging that a person therein named has done some act or been guilty of some omission which - by law - is a crime.
power of attorney
injunction
indictment
felony
39. The act of physically destroying files - records - or information; for example - upon judicial order
feigned accomplice
expunge
injunction
allegation
40. Private office or room of a judge
Malfeasance
Indigent/Pauper
6th Amendment
chambers
41. 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
Nighttime
plaintiff
writ
Business district
42. Evidence supplementary to that already given and tending to strengthen or confirm it
certiorari
corroboration evidence
Official traffic control device
Traffic
43. In criminal practice - bringing a prisoner to the bar of the court to answer to a criminal charg
Official Misconduct
motor vehicle non-traffic accident
Safety Zone
arraignment
44. An unlawful attempt - coupled with a present ability - to commit a violent injury on the person of another
transcript
burglary
assault
double jeopardy
45. No force quarterly of soldiers - permitted only in war time and in accordance with the law.
Freeway
allegation
3rd Amendment
opinion evidence
46. Citizens of each state are also - citizens of the U.S. state governments must adhere to the U.S. Constitution.
14th Amendment
fair preponderance
6th Amendment
ordinance
47. That which - under the established rules of evidence - cannot be admitted or received into a court of law.
Inadmissible
motive
Class 'B' dl
Motor carrier
48. A person who brings an action; the party who complains or sues in a personal action and is so named on the record.
extradition
plaintiff
Litter
Freeway
49. In Re Gault
accomplice
directed verdict
Freeway
6th Amendment trial
50. Rubbish - refuse - waste material - offal - paper - glass - cans - bottles - trash - debris - or any foreign substance of whatever kind or description and whether or not it is of value.
extortion - theft by
bailiff
Limitation
Litter