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Police Legal Vocab

Subject : law
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1. Allows a landlord who prevails in an eviction suit to regain possession of the premises that were in dispute.






2. Proceedings held to determine wheter a person has violated a lawful court order and to set punishment if viloation is found.






3. A highway that has PREFENTIAL RIGHT OF WAY in an intersection






4. Can't stop - stand - or park within how many ft. of crosswalk at an intersection?






5. Vehicle not designed to haul persons or property. O LESS THAN 40FT IN LENGTH.






6. Can be pedestrians - ridden or herded animals or vehicles.






7. 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






8. Reduced speed zone to facilitate children going to and from school.






9. Is an affimative defense






10. Tenn v. Garner






11. An injury or wrong committed - either with or without force - to the person or property of another






12. Is a order signed by a proper magistrate directing a sheriff to recieve and place in jail.






13. 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.






14. A person who has received two previous convictions on seperate felony charges. Such a person will be adjudged a habitual criminal and may be punishable by imprisionment in the state prison for life.






15. 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.






16. Manaul - electric - or mechanical device that directs traffic to stop and to proceed.






17. Reasonable grounds for supposing that a criminal charge is well-founded.






18. A court attendant whose duties are to keep order in the courtroom and to have custody of the jury






19. 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






20. Duran v. City of Douglas - Az






21. The assertion - declaration - or statement of a party to an action - made in a pleading - setting out what he/she expects to prove






22. A direction given by the judge to the jury concerning the law of the case.






23. 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






24. The challenge which the prosecution or defense may use to reject a certain number of prospective jurors without assigning cause.






25. Document filed by the plantiff with the clerk of the court that outlines the basis of the complaint - against the defendant.






26. In practice - the formal and unanimous decision or finding made by a jury - reported to the court - and accepted by it.






27. Can't stop - stand - or park within how many ft. of a traffic control device thats on the side of the road?






28. A crime of a graver nature than a misdemeanor. generally - an offense punishable by death or imprisonment in a penitentiary






29. Right to bail - Protection from excessive fines - No cruel of unusual punishment






30. Detailed list of articles of assests containing a designation or description of each specific article.






31. 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.






32. Circumstances which render a crime less aggravated - heinous - or reprehensible than it would otherwise be






33. Any unlawful physical restraint of another's liberty - whether in prison or in custody






34. When an attorney works for client for no fee.






35. 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.






36. 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






37. And the following one or ones.


38. The introduction of rebutting evidence; the showing that the statements of witnesses as to what occurred are not true; the stage of trial at which such evidence may be introduced.






39. Any motor vehicle accident occurring entirely at a place other than on a highway.






40. The act of physically destroying files - records - or information; for example - upon judicial order






41. The entering of a private or restricted premise with the intent to commit grand theft - petty theft - or a felony






42. 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






43. The particular county - city - or geographic area in which a court with jurisdiction may hear and determine a case






44. 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.






45. That place where a person has his/her true and permanent home. a person may have several residences - but only one domicile






46. The fraudulent appropriation by a person for his/her own use or benefit of property or money entrusted to him/her by another






47. A 'person' that direct the operation of one or more vehicles that haul people or cargo.






48. 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.






49. Giving or pronouncing a judgment or decree; also the judgment given.






50. A motor vehicle designed to carry more than 10 or motor vehicle other than a cab