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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. Private office or room of a judge
state's evidence
Levy
certiorari
chambers
2. Original jurisdiction of all misdemeanors of which exclusive original jurisdiction is not given to teh justice court - and shall not exceed $500.
Nighttime
assault
Dispose or dump
Jurisdiction Of County Courts
3. An instrument authorizing another to act as one's agent or attorney.
15ft
felony
fair preponderance
power of attorney
4. Portion of the highway - other than the shoulder.
Roadway
Business district
search warrant
writ
5. The predominate appeal of the matter taken as a whole is to a prurient interest in sexual conduct involving minors.
Alley
accomplice
commutation
Obscene
6. Is used to recover possession of rental property.
Writ Of Possesion (Non-Eviction)
Writ of possesion
Contempt
corroboration evidence
7. 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
Commercial Motor vehicle
advancing prostitution
Laned roadway
6th Amendment
8. An obligation - before a court - to do a specific thing or incur a penalty of some kind; in lieu of bond - one is entrusted to appear before the court at a later date.
change of venue
Sidewalk
recognizance
Contempt
9. Liquid that has a flash point of not more than 70 degrees
Freeway main lane
Roadway
Flammable liquid
discovery
10. 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
writ of possesion (Eviction)
Traffic
Fraud
prosecutor
11. 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.
Obscene
Class 'B' dl
tort
decree
12. 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
Parties
deposition
venue
Shoulder
13. Value specified as the loaded weight of a combination or articulated vehicle
necessarily included offenses
5th Amendment
Garishment
Gross combination weight rating
14. Citation issued after the original ciation usually directed to the sheriff or another county or directed to the defendant under another.
Highway or street
Alias Citation
synergism
double jeopardy
15. Is an affimative defense
Commitment
Dispose or dump
Litter
Mistake of law
16. A proceeding whereby property - money - or credits of a debtor - in possession of another (garnishee) - are applied to the debts of the debtor.
School Crossing guard
dactyloscopy
bail
Garishment
17. Person - at least 18 yrs. old - that has the job of directing traffic in school zone.
14th Amendment
School Crossing guard
crime
magistrate
18. Circumstances which render a crime less aggravated - heinous - or reprehensible than it would otherwise be
certiorari
extenuation circumstances
riot
Bailee
19. An erroneous or invalid trial; a trial which can not stand in law because of lack of jurisdiction - wrong drawing of jurors - or disregard of some other fundamental requisite.
Official Misconduct
fair preponderance
Park or parking
mistrial
20. RIGHT TO BE INDICTED BY A GRAND JURY - Notice of charges - Double jeopardy - Self Incrimination - Due Process - Reasonable reimbursement for property
5th Amendment
malice
'Et Al'
noxious substance
21. 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
Laned roadway
domicile
Class 'A' dl
synergism
22. A motor vehicle used primarily as a farm implement.
double jeopardy
Parties
Farm Tractor
ordinance
23. Can be issued by a clerk of the court
Capias
9th Amendment
Laned roadway
Inadmissible
24. Powers not identified belong to the states.
Indigent/Pauper
Nighttime
plaintiff
10th Amendment
25. 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.
'Et Al'
Limitation
negligence
nightstick
26. 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
27. Sheriff
assault
Truck
verdict
Conservator Of Peace
28. 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.
necessarily included offenses
Official traffic control device
Highway or street
power of attorney
29. An article of personal property as distinguished from from real property.
Chattel
feigned accomplice
Truck tractor
plaintiff
30. The false making or material altering - with intent to defraud - of any writing which - if genuine - might be the foundation of a legal liability
School Crossing guard
forgery
bind over
Open fields
31. From 1/2 hour before sunrise - to 1/2 hour after sunset
equitable action
'Prima Face'
Daytime
Truck
32. Evidence of what the witness thinks or believes in regard to facts in dispute - as distinguished from his/her personal knowledge of the facts; not admissible except (under certain limitations) in the case of experts.
opinion evidence
prosecutor
Truck
Motor carrier
33. Testimony - given by an accomplice or participant in a crime - tending to convict others.
34. Commands the person to whom it is directed to desist or refrain from the commision or continuance of the act enjoined or to obey and execute such order as the court has seen proper to issue.
Dispose or dump
Injuction
corroboration evidence
Licencse Ineligibility
35. Go thru only with caution
Flashing yellow light
dissent
negligence
no bill
36. Allows a landlord who prevails in an eviction suit to regain possession of the premises that were in dispute.
writ of possesion (Eviction)
School Crossing guard
Malfeasance
Petition
37. Portion of a street that is in between the edge of the road and adjacent property line.
Sidewalk
'In Rem'
Official traffic control device
synergism
38. A person who brings an action; the party who complains or sues in a personal action and is so named on the record.
Safety Zone
instruction
plaintiff
commutation
39. A deadly weapon; a long - heavy club usually carried by a law enforcement officer.
5th Amendment Trial
nightstick
misfeasance
4th Amendment
40. Any willful and unlawful use of force or violence upon the person of another
state's evidence
battery
bailiff
search warrant
41. The practical application of the scientific study of fingerprint comparisons and the classification of prints
allegation
no bill
dactyloscopy
polygraph
42. A pleading usually used by defendants in criminal cases - which literally means 'I will not contest it'.
recognizance
20ft
motor vehicle non-traffic accident
nolo contendere
43. Any motor vehicle accident occurring entirely at a place other than on a highway.
fence
Truck tractor
motor vehicle non-traffic accident
double jeopardy
44. To file a pleading (called a demurrer) admitting the truth of the facts in the complaint or answer - but contending
demur
interrogatories
Pleadings
forgery
45. To collect - gather - take up - seize - or execute on monies - real - or personal property under a lwfully issued writ.
Levy
Jurisdiction Of County Courts
adjudication
amicus curiae
46. 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.
Inadmissible
Class 'A' dl
rout
no bill
47. Strip of land next to the highway - at least 300 ft long - that is improved and used primarily for residences.
Trailer
Residence district
preponderance of evidence
domicile
48. Shared culture and background - Shared language - religion and other culture patterns
Jurisdiction Of County Courts
Litter
Ethnicity
riot
49. A mandatory or prohibitive writ issued by a court.
indictment
Sidewalk
injunction
Affiant
50. Right to bear arms
Commitment
2nd Amendment
Return
'Et Al'