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| A PERSON UNDER LEGAL AGE WHOM A JUVENILE COURT HAS DETERMINED TO BE INCORRIGIBLE OR IN VIOLATION OF A CRIMINAL STATUTE. |
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| A YOUNG PERSON UNDER AGE FOR CERTAIN PRIVILEGES, SUCH AS VOTING OR DRINKING ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES, IF ACCUSED OF A CRIMINAL OR JUVENILE OFFENSE, A JUVENILE USUALLY IS NOT TRIED BY AN ADULT CRIMINAL COURT BUT IS PROCESSED IN THE JUVENILE COURT. |
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| LITERALLY, "PARENT OF THE COUNTRY." THE DOCTRINE FROM ENGLISH COMMON LAW THAT WAS THE BASIS FOR ALLOWING THE STATE TO TAKE OVER GUARDIANSHIP OF A CHILD. IN TH UNITED STATES, THE DOCTRINE FORMS THE BASIS FOR JUVENILE COURT JURISDICTION. THE DOCTRINE PRESUMES THAT THE STATE ACTS IN THE BEST INTRESTS OF THE CHILD. |
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| A CLASS OF CRIME THAT DOES NOT CONSIST OF PROSCRBED ACTION OR INACTION BUT, RATER, OF THE PERSONAL CONDITON OR CHARACTERISTIC OF THE ACCUSED-FOR EXAMPLE, BEING A VAGRANT, IN JUVENILE LAW, A VARIETY OF ACTS THAT WOULD NOT BE CONSIDERED CRIMINAL IF COMMITTED BY AN ADULT-FOR EXAMPLE, BEING INSUBORDINATE OR TRUANT OR RUNNING AWAY FROM HOME. |
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| FACILITIES FOR THE TEMPORARY CONFINEMENT OF PERSONS IN CUSTODY WHO ARE AWAITING COURT DISPOSITION. |
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| THE COURT HAVING JURISDICTION OVER JUVENILES WHO ARE ACCUSED OF DELINQUENT ACTS OR OFFENSES OR CRIMINAL ACTS OR WHO ARE IN NEED OF SUPERVISION BECAUSE THEY ARE BEING NEGLECTED OR MISTREATED BY THEIR PARENTS OR GUARDIANS. |
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| A FORMAL DOCUMENT FOR FILING AN ACTION IN JUVENILE COURT, IN CONTRAST TO A GRAND JURY INDICTMENT OR A PROSECTOR'S PRESENTMENT IN THE CRIMINAL COURT. |
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| TO ASSURE THE PRESENCE OF THE ACCUSED AT TRIAL. |
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| THE PROCESS OF DECISION MAKING BY A COURT. NORMALLY USED TO REFER TO JUVENILLE PROCEEDINGS. THE TERM IS ALSO USED TO REFER TO RULE ENFORCEMENT BY ADMINISTRATIVE AGENCIES. |
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| IN A JUVENILE COURT, THE FINAL DECISION REGARDING THE LEGAL STATUS OF A CHILD OR A JUVENILE UNDER THAT COURT'S JURISDICTION. |
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| A PERSON UNDER THE LEGAL AGE LIMIT |
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| THE REMOVAL OF THE OFFENDER FROM THE CRIMINAL PROCEEDING BEFORE OR AFTER GUILT IS DETERMINES AND DISPOSTION THROUGH OTHER PROCEDURES, SUCH AS WORK RELEASE, DRUG TREATMENT, OR COMMUNITY SERVICE. |
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| IN PROSECUTION, THE FIRST REVIEW OF A CASE BY AN OFFICIAL IN H PROSECUTER'S OFFICE. WEAK CASES MAY BE WEEDED OUT AT THIS STAGE, IN JUVENILE COURTS, THE RECEPTION OF A JUVENILE AGAINST WHOM COMPLAINTS HAVE BEEN MADE. THE DECISION TO DISMISS OR PROCEED WITH A CASE I MADE AT THIS STAGE. |
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| THE PROCESS USED TO REMOVE JUVENILES FROM THE JURISDICTION OF THE JUVENILE COURT TO THAT OF THE ADULT CRIMINAL COURT. ALSO CALLED TRANSFER OR WAIVER. |
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| A SECURE CORRECTION FACILITY TO WHICH JUVENILES ARE CONFINED BY COURT ORDER. |
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| THE CONTINUED SUPERVISON OF JUVENILES AFTER THEY ARE RELEASED FROM A CORRECTIONAL FACILITY. SIMILAR TO THE TERM PAROLE IN ADULT CRIMINAL COURT SYSTEMS. |
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