juvenile petition

A juvenile-court petition alleging delinquent conduct by the accused.

• The accusations made in a juvenile petition are tried in an adjudication hearing. See adjudication hearing (3) under HEARING. [Cases: Infants 197. C.J.S. Infants § 55.]

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