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Today's Terms
Petition
Definition:
A civil pleading filed to initiate a matter in Juvenile Court, setting forth the alleged grounds for the court to take jurisdiction of the case and asking the court to do so and intervene.
Impanel
Definition:
To seat a jury. When voir dire is finished and both sides have exercised their challenges, the jury is impaneled. The jurors are sworn in and the trial is ready to proceed.
Summons
Definition:
A notice to the named person that an action has been commenced against him in court and that he is required to appear, on the day named, and answer the complaint.
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