status offender

A youth who engages in conduct that — though not criminal by adult standards — is considered inappropriate enough to bring a charge against the youth in juvenile court; a juvenile who commits a status offense. Cf. youthful offender; JUVENILE DELINQUENT. [Cases: Infants 153. C.J.S. Infants §§ 33–35, 41–42, 64, 67.]

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