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Protective supervision
In child abuse and neglect cases, the emergency removal of child from his home when the child would be in imminent danger if allowed to remain with the parent(s) or custodian(s).
Quash
Money awarded to an injured person, over and above the measurable value of the injury, in order to punish the person who hurt him.
Harmless error
An error committed by a lower court during a trial, but not prejudicial to the rights of the party and for which the appellate court will not reverse the judgment.
Hearing de novo
A full new hearing.
Contract
An oral or written agreement between two or more parties, which is enforceable by law.
res judicata
Literally, "a thing that speaks for itself." In tort law, the doctrine, which holds a defendant guilty of negligence without an actual, shows that he or she was negligent. Its use is limited in theory to cases in which the cause of the plaintiff's injury was entirely under the control of the defendant, and the injury presumably could have been caused only by negligence.
No-fault divorce
A kind of divorce in which the parties need not cast blame on one another for the failure of the marriage.
Disposition
The order of a Juvenile Court determining what is to be done with a minor already adjudged to be within the court's jurisdiction. In criminal or civil cases, the settlement of a case.
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