juvenile court
Noun
Meaning
a court having jurisdiction over dependent and delinquent children
Source: WordNetHypernyms
Examples
A day after police registered a case against an autorickshaw driver and a juvenile for performing stunts in a speeding auto, the 22-year-old auto driver was arrested, while the juvenile was sent to juvenile court.
A 12-year-old boy was arrested and charged with attempted robbery in juvenile court after another boy said he tried to steal his snack, according to a Rock Hill police report.
An appeal was filed immediately, but in December 2009, an appellate court upheld the juvenile court decision.
When a juvenile court judge rejected that proposal, the girl’s father made threats to the DCFS supervisor in the case, according to the inspector general’s report and other government records.
There are 28 judicial circuits of Circuit Court, with each contains five subdivisions: criminal, civil, probate, domestic relations, and juvenile court.
Retired Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Marcus O. Tucker Jr., a onetime presiding juvenile court judge, has died.