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Police Legal Vocab
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. An unlawful attempt - coupled with a present ability - to commit a violent injury on the person of another
bail
Writ Of Possesion (Non-Eviction)
extradition
assault
2. One who knowingly - voluntarily and with common intent with a principal offender - unites in the commission of a crime
power of attorney
accomplice
'Et Ux'
6th Amendment trial
3. From 1/2 hour before sunrise - to 1/2 hour after sunset
Daytime
Gross combination weight rating
subpoena
writ of possesion (Eviction)
4. Portion of a highway next to the roadway - which is distinguished by design - consruction - or marking - Area not Intended for vehicle travel.
Flashing yellow light
Park or parking
brief
Shoulder
5. The predominate appeal of the matter taken as a whole is to a prurient interest in sexual conduct involving minors.
Litter
Obscene
bail bond
9th Amendment
6. 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
rout
Mistake of law
Commercial Motor vehicle
7. Paved Shoulder
Pleadings
misfeasance
Litter
Improved shoulder
8. 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
Highway or street
self-defense
deposition
9. A motor vehicle designed to carry more than 10 or motor vehicle other than a cab
state's evidence
best evidence
Shoulder
Bus
10. Common-law and constitutional prohibition against more than one prosecution of the same crime - transaction - or omission
brief
Class 'A' dl
dissent
double jeopardy
11. From 1/2 hour after sunset to 1/2 hour before sunrise.
Nighttime
Court of Criminal Appeals
Special mobile equipment
Open fields
12. The act of physically destroying files - records - or information; for example - upon judicial order
Motion
'Et Seq'
Motor Vehicle Searches
expunge
13. Motor vehicle - primarily designed to transport property.
nolo contendere
Bus
Indigent/Pauper
Truck
14. Greater weight of evidence - or evidence which is more credible and convincing to the mind - not necessarily the greater number of witnesses.
dactyloscopy
Writ of possesion
preponderance of evidence
Class 'A' dl
15. The persons who are actively concerned in the prosecution or defense of a legal proceeding.
Parties
embezzlement
3rd Amendment
5th Amendment Trial
16. 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
Garishment
extortion - theft by
default
4th Amendment trial
17. That which - under the established rules of evidence - cannot be admitted or received into a court of law.
9th Amendment
School crossing zone
Through highway
Inadmissible
18. Evidence which is not admissible under the established rules of evidence.
embezzlement
Official Misconduct
Flashing yellow light
incompetent evidence
19. 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.
extradition
rebuttal
Litter
Default Judgement
20. Is an affimative defense
Truck tractor
Mistake of law
bind over
Sidewalk
21. The entering of a private or restricted premise with the intent to commit grand theft - petty theft - or a felony
Alley
burglary
Default Judgement
Official traffic control device
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
interrogatories
'Et Ux'
self-defense
Commitment
23. Right to bail - Protection from excessive fines - No cruel of unusual punishment
School Crossing guard
8th Amendment
arraignment
Garishment
24. 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.
Residence district
Default Judgement
voir dire
Alley
25. 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.
extradition
demur
14th Amendment
Licencse Ineligibility
26. 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
noxious substance
Garishment
cross examination
Inadmissible
27. Any unlawful physical restraint of another's liberty - whether in prison or in custody
false arrest
injunction
demur
discovery
28. To file a pleading (called a demurrer) admitting the truth of the facts in the complaint or answer - but contending
Bailee
Chattel
demur
Daytime
29. Testimony - given by an accomplice or participant in a crime - tending to convict others.
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30. Decayable waste (animal/vegetable) - Non-decayable/solid waste that consist of boxes -rubber - plastic - metal - etc.
accomplice
Jurisdiction Of County Courts
Licencse Ineligibility
Litter
31. 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.
Dispose or dump
power of attorney
double jeopardy
indictment
32. In Re Gault
probable cause
6th Amendment trial
chambers
negligence
33. Freedom of religion - Freedom of speech - Freedom of the press - Freedom to peaceably assemble - Rights to grievances
adjudication
1st amendment
opinion evidence
1st Amendment trial
34. One of the lanes on the freeway
Freeway main lane
20ft
mistrial
Open fields
35. A highway that has PREFENTIAL RIGHT OF WAY in an intersection
malice
Through highway
Chattel
Truck tractor
36. 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.
Bus
mandamus
certiorari
Writ Of Possesion (Non-Eviction)
37. 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
battery
prosecutor
chambers
peremptory challenge
38. 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.
allegation
parole
accessory
Litter
39. An instrument authorizing another to act as one's agent or attorney.
Nighttime
allegation
14th Amendment
power of attorney
40. Written or Oral application for a ruling or order from the court.
Commercial Motor vehicle
battery
Motion
verdict
41. Liquid that has a flash point of not more than 70 degrees
accomplice
2nd Amendment
Flammable liquid
motor vehicle non-traffic accident
42. The particular county - city - or geographic area in which a court with jurisdiction may hear and determine a case
writ
bailiff
Mistake of law
venue
43. Sheriff
Special mobile equipment
Conservator Of Peace
domicile
Laned roadway
44. The right of one vehicle or pedestrian to proceed in a lawful manner in preference to another
Capias
burglary
Right of way
commutation
45. 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.
Official traffic control device
rebuttal
Injuction
probable cause
46. Operate a vehicle with G.V.W.are of 26000 or more - Can't tow more than 10000 - unless its a farm trailer. then they can tow up to 20000
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47. Value specified as the loaded weight of a combination or articulated vehicle
20ft
Limitation
Inventory
Gross combination weight rating
48. Circumstances which render a crime less aggravated - heinous - or reprehensible than it would otherwise be
rebuttal
cross examination
extenuation circumstances
cause
49. Reasonable grounds for supposing that a criminal charge is well-founded.
principles
probable cause
transcript
Garishment
50. Evidence illegally obtained by police officers can-not be used against the accused in a criminal case. (Mapp v. Ohio)
crime
necessarily included offenses
Exclusionary Rule
3rd Amendment