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.]
uncore prist ([schwa]n[g]-kor prist). [Law French “still ready”] Hist. A plea by which a party alleges readiness to pay or perform what is justly demanded. “Yet sometimes, after tender and refusal of a debt, if the creditor harasses his debtor with an action, it then becomes necessary for the defendant to acknowledge the debt, and
acquitted, adj. 1. Judicially discharged from an accusation; absolved. 2. Released from a debt.
said, adj. Aforesaid; above-mentioned. • The adjective said is obsolescent in legal drafting, its last bastion being patent claims. But even in that context the word is giving way to the ordinary word the, which if properly used is equally precise. See AFORESAID. “The word ‘said’ is used by many practitioners rather than ‘the’ to
ignoramus (ig-n[schwa]-ray-m[schwa]s). [Law Latin] Hist. We do not know. • This notation, when written on a bill of indictment, indicated the grand jury’s rejection of the bill. See NOT FOUND; NO BILL. Cf. TRUE BILL. “When the grand jury have heard the evidence, if they think it a groundless accusation, they used formerly to endorse
mediation (mee-dee-ay-sh[schwa]n), n. 1. A method of nonbinding dispute resolution involving a neutral third party who tries to help the disputing parties reach a mutually agreeable solution; CONCILIATION. — Also termed case evaluation; facilitated negotiation. [Cases: Arbitration 1–47. C.J.S. Arbitration §§ 2–90, 92–93, 107, 109–110, 179–188; Architects§ 25.] 2. Int’l law. A process whereby a
non liquet (non lI-kwet orli-kwet). [Latin “it is not clear”] 1. Civil law. The principle that a decision-maker may decline to decide a dispute on the ground that the matter is unclear. • Even British judges formerly sometimes said Non liquet and found for the defendant. 2. Int’l law. A tribunal’s nondecision resulting from the
United States Arbitration Act. See FEDERAL ARBITRATION ACT. — Abbr. USAA.
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Failure to provide medical, dental, or psychiatric care that is necessary to prevent or to treat serious physical or emotional injury or illness. • In determining whether a parent’s refusal to consent to medical treatment is neglectful, courts use any of three approaches: (1) an ad hoc test, (2) a best-interests-of-the-child test, or (3) a