Juvenile-court meaning

A court having jurisdiction over matters involving children below a certain age, especially those who may be delinquent, in need of supervision, subject to adoption, or charged with committing a criminal offense, but are not be tried in adult criminal court.
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A law court for cases involving young persons under a specified age, usually 18 years.
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Sentence Examples

  • By Wednesday afternoon the matter was set­tled and the disposition of the case was in the hands of Bobby Witherspoon, the assistant DA, and the juvenile court system.

  • Boston was one of the first municipalities of the country to make provision for the separate treatment of juvenile offenders; in 1906 a juvenile court was established.

  • A Juvenile Court Law was enacted in 1903 and modified in 1905.

  • A Juvenile Court and a Board of Children's Guardians have extensive jurisdiction over dependent and delinquent children, and a general supervision of all charities and corrections is vested in a Board of Charities, consisting of five members appointed by the president of the United States.

  • a court of appeals, a supreme court, a municipal court, a police court, a probate court and a juvenile court.

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