juvenile body — noun the body of a young person • Hypernyms: ↑human body, ↑physical body, ↑material body, ↑soma, ↑build, ↑figure, ↑physique, ↑anatomy, ↑shape, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
Juvenile Courts — • Tribunals for the trial of children charged with crimes or offences Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Juvenile Courts Juvenile Courts … Catholic encyclopedia
juvenile — ju·ve·nile / jü və ˌnīl, nəl/ n: an individual who is under an age fixed by law (as 18 years) at which he or she would be charged as an adult for a criminal act compare minor Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996 … Law dictionary
Juvenile myoclonic epilepsy — Classification and external resources ICD 10 G40.3 ICD 9 345.1 … Wikipedia
juvenile delinquent — n: a juvenile who commits an act of juvenile delinquency compare status offender, youthful offender Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996 … Law dictionary
juvenile — ► ADJECTIVE 1) relating to young people, birds, or animals. 2) childish. ► NOUN 1) a young person, bird, or animal. 2) Law a person below the age at which ordinary criminal prosecution is possible (18 in most countries). DERIVATIVES juvenility … English terms dictionary
juvenile — (adj.) 1620s, from L. iuvenilis of or belonging to youth, from iuvenis young person, originally young (Cf. Fr. jeune; see YOUNG (Cf. young)). Juvenile delinquency first recorded 1816; Juvenile delinquent the following year … Etymology dictionary
juvenile delinquent — juvenile de linquent n a child or young person who behaves in a criminal way >juvenile delinquency n [U] … Dictionary of contemporary English
juvenile delinquent — juvenile delinquents N COUNT A juvenile delinquent is a young person who is guilty of committing crimes, especially destruction of property or violence … English dictionary
juvenile — [adj] childish adolescent, babyish, beardless, blooming, boyish, budding, callow, childlike, developing, formative, fresh, girlish, green, growing, immature, inexperienced, infant, infantile, jejune, junior, kid stuff*, milk fed*, naive,… … New thesaurus