juvenile court

noun

: a court that has special jurisdiction over delinquent and dependent children usually up to the age of 18

Examples of juvenile court in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Prosecutors, laying out their case before Judge Andrea Flint in juvenile court, attempted to show that neither David nor his girlfriend did anything to provoke the attack, and that both David, who died at the hospital that night, and his girlfriend who witnessed it, are victims. —Julia Prodis Sulek, Mercury News, 20 Mar. 2026

Villareal still managed to beat Shaw, a juvenile court judge, by almost 5,000 votes — an upset that stunned the legal community. —Molly Smith, San Antonio Express-News, 20 Mar. 2026

Those students invariably were referred to juvenile courts and, in some cases, sentenced to juvenile facilities. —Natalie Eilbert, jsonline.com, 19 Mar. 2026

The teen was expected to appear in juvenile court in Hartford later in the day, according to Szydlo. —Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 16 Mar. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1899, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for juvenile court

• abort
• airport
• alport
• athwart
• carport
• comport
• consort
• deport
• distort
• escort
• exhort
• extort

Legal Definition

juvenile court

noun

: a court that has jurisdiction over juvenile delinquency proceedings or other civil proceedings involving minors or juveniles compare family court