Youthful Offender - Law Dictionary Search Results
youthful offender
Matched in: Term youthful offender
Youthful offender
Matched in: Term Youthful offender
Reformatory Schools
of the (English) Children Act, 1908, defined a 'reformatory school' as 'a school for the industrial training of youthful offenders, in which youthful offenders are lodged, clothed, and fed, as well as taught.' As to the present … the (English) Children Act, 1908, defined a 'reformatory school' as 'a school for the industrial training of youthful offenders, in which youthful offenders are lodged, clothed, and fed, as well as taught.' As to the present law,
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status offender
Matched in: Term status offender
juvenile delinquent
juvenile delinquent : a juvenile who commits an act of juvenile delinquency compare status offender, youthful offender
Juvenile delinquent
of criminal behaviour, which is usu. punished by special law not pertaining to adults. Also termed juvenile offender; youthful offender; delinquent minor, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 871
delinquent
offending by neglect or violation of duty or law [ acts] b : characterized by juvenile delinquency [ youth] 2 : being overdue in payment [ taxes] [was in his child support payments] … juvenile delinquent adj [Latin delinquent- delinquens, present participle of delinquere to commit (an offense), err] 1 a : offending by neglect or violation of duty or law [ acts] b : characterized by juvenile delinquency [ youth]
presumption
more persons dying in a common disaster (as a fire) one was the last to die because of youth, strength, or other reasons rendering survivorship likely rebuttable presumption : a presumption that may be rebutted by evidence … fact and one inferred from it presumption of innocence : a rebuttable presumption in the favor of the defendant in a criminal action imposing on the prosecution the burden of proving guilt beyond a reasonable doubt presumption
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