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Trial courts that deal with underage defendants who have been charged with crimes.
Juvenile Court
Gross negligence without concern for danger to others.
Reckless Disregard
Legally recognized relationship formed between the government and a private citizen giving rise to a duty on the part of the government to act in a non-negligent fashion.
Special Relationship
Willfully, maliciously and repeatedly following or harassing someone, and may include the making of threats against that person with the intent to put them in fear of death or bodily injury.
Stalking
Person who commits a tort, either intentionally or through negligence.
Tortfeasor
Taking of person against his/her will by force without freedom of movement.
Kidnapping
Legally liable or accountable
Responsibility
Returning to the proper owner property or the monetary value of loss.
Restitution
Pain, hurt, inconvenience, embarrassment and/or inability to perform normal activities as a result of injury.
Suffering
Civil wrong or wrongful act.
Tort
Judge who handles minor legal matters such as misdemeanors, small claims actions and traffic matters in justice courts.
Justice of The Peace
Underage person who has committed a crime
Juvenile Delinquent
Doctrine that prohibits one branch of the government from interfering with or exercising the powers of another branch.
Separation of Powers
Law enforcement officer's search for a weapon confined to a suspect's outer clothing when either a bulge in the clothing or the outline of the weapon is visible.
Stop and Frisk
A person who has a guardian appointed by the court to care for and take responsibility for that person.
Ward
Legal responsibility for one's acts or omissions. Failure of a person or entity to meet that responsibility leaves him/her/it open to a lawsuit for any resulting damages or a court order to perform (as in a breach of contract or violation of statute).
Liability
Temporary order of a court to keep conditions as they are.
Restraining Order
Principal employer responsible for the actions of its employee.
Respondeat Superior
Caution and prudence that a reasonable person in the circumstances could exercise.
Standard of Care
Order of the court for a witness to appear at a particular time and place to testify and/or produce documents in the control of the witness.
Subpoena
Responsibility to others to act according to the law.
Legal Duty
Actions of an employee which further the business of the employer and are not personal business.
Scope of Employment
Rule of law that if a rescuer of a person hurt or put in peril due to the negligence or intentional wrongdoing of another is injured in the process of the rescue, the original wrongdoer is responsible in damages for the rescuer's injury.
Rescue Doctrine
Federal or state law enacted by the Congress or state legislature.
Statute
Attachment of responsibility to a person for harm or damages caused by another person in either a negligence lawsuit or criminal prosecution.
Vicarious Liability