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JUVENILE COURT
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Dictionary entry overview: What does juvenile court mean?
• JUVENILE COURT (noun)
The noun JUVENILE COURT has 1 sense:
1. a court having jurisdiction over dependent and delinquent children
Familiarity information: JUVENILE COURT used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A court having jurisdiction over dependent and delinquent children
Classified under:
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects
Hypernyms ("juvenile court" is a kind of...):
court; judicature; tribunal (an assembly (including one or more judges) to conduct judicial business)
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"Envy is a weight not placed by its bearer." (Arabic proverb)
"He who has money and friends, turns his nose at justice." (Corsican proverb)