Juvenile Key Terms
| Intake Department | Decides whether formal or informal intervention with the juvenile offender will be taken. |
| Inquiry | An informal hearing between the Family Court intake caseworker, juvenile offender and parent(s). |
| Pre-Trial | Meeting between lawyers to see if the case can be settled without going to trial or to see if all parties are ready for trial. |
| Adjudication | The trial of the juvenile offender. |
| Dispositional Hearing | A hearing at which the court decides placement, counseling or other remedial actions to be taken with the juvenile offender. |
| Subpoena | A legal order which requires a person to appear in Court to testify as a witness. |
| Motion | Court hearings to answer legal questions. |
| Adjournment | A delay asked for by the judge or either side. The judge must agree to the delay. |
| Probation | A sentence that places the juvenile offender under the close supervision of a probation officer. |
| Restitution | An amount of money set by the Court to be paid to the victim of a crime for property losses or injuries caused by the crime. |