§ 14-6-601 — Definitions

(a) As used in this act:
(i) "Adjudicated" or "adjudication" means as defined
by W.S. 14-6-201(a)(i);
(ii) "Adult" means an individual who has attained the
age of majority;
(iii) "Delinquent child" means as defined by W.S. 14-
6-201(a)(x);
(iv) "Disposition" means the action ordered by the
juvenile court judge under W.S. 14-6-229 upon adjudication of a
juvenile for a delinquent act or the sentence imposed on a
juvenile who is convicted;
(v) "Department" means the department of family
services;
(vi) "Juvenile" means an individual who is under the
age of majority;
(vii) "Qualifying offense" means conduct that, if
committed by an adult, would constitute a felony under the
provisions of W.S. 6-1-104(a)(xii) or 35-7-1031 or under similar
federal law;
(viii) "Conviction" or "convicted" means a conviction
of a juvenile of a qualifying offense or a conviction for any
offense for which the juvenile was charged in a circuit court or
district court;
(ix) "Detention" means the legal and physical
restriction and housing of a juvenile at the Wyoming state
hospital, the Wyoming boys' school, the Wyoming girls' school or
a juvenile detention facility defined in W.S. 14-6-201(a)(xxiv).
"Detention" shall not include any placement in a qualified
residential treatment program as defined by W.S. 14-6-
201(a)(xxviii) or a residential treatment facility that is
operated for the primary purpose of providing treatment to a
juvenile;
(x) "This act" means W.S. 14-6-601 through 14-6-606.