Contempt Of Court

Definition: Contempt Of Court

Contempt Of Court

Noun

1. Disrespect for the rules of a court of law.

Specialty Definition: Contempt Of Court

Domain	Definition
Literature	Contempt of Court Refusing to conform to the rules of the law courts. Consequential contempt is that which tends to obstruct the business or lower the dignity of the court by indirection. Direct contempt is an open insult or resistance to the judge or others officially employed in the court. Source: Brewer's Dictionary.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Specialty Definition: Contempt of court

(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)

Contempt of court is the failure of someone to obey a lawful order of a court, disrespect for the judge, or disruption of the proceedings through poor behavior. A judge may impose civil (a fine) or criminal (jail) sanctions for someone found guilty of contempt of court. Typically judges in common law systems have more extensive power to declare someone in contempt than judges in civil law systems.

Crosswords: Contempt Of Court

English words defined with "contempt of court": contumacy ♦ obstruction of justice ♦ subpoena, subpoena ad testificandum. (references)

Specialty definitions using "contempt of court": Contempt. (references)

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Commercial Usage: Contempt Of Court

Domain	Title
Books	Changing Contempt of Court (reference) Contempt of court : offences against the administration of justice (reference) Report of the Committee on Contempt of Court (reference) (more book examples)
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Photo Album: Contempt Of Court

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	Passmore Williamson, in Moyamensing Prison for alledged contempt of court. Credit: Library of Congress.		H.J. Sargents Comedy Company (organization no. 4) in Dion Boucicault's farcical comedy, "Contempt of court". Credit: Library of Congress.
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Non-Fiction Usage: Contempt Of Court

Subject	Topic	Quote
Civil Liberties	United Kingdom	However, press organizations and human rights groups continued to criticize the 1981 Contempt of Court Act, which allows courts to order a journalist to disclose a source if it is deemed to be in the interests of justice. (references)
	Nepal	The Constitution prohibits speech and writing that would threaten the sovereignty and integrity of the Kingdom; disturb the harmonious relations among persons of different castes or communities; promote sedition, defamation, contempt of court, or crime; or contradict decent public behavior or morality. (references)
Human Rights	Zimbabwe	Hunzvi was found guilty of contempt of court and received a commuted 3-month prison sentence. (references)
Worker Rights	Russia	The court has refused the plaintiffs' requests that the defendant be fined for contempt of court. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Expression: Contempt Of Court

Expression using "contempt of court": contempt of court order. Additional references.
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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Contempt Of Court

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.

Expression	Frequency per Day
contempt of court	69
contempt of court order	4
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translation: Contempt Of Court

Language		Translations for "contempt of court"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Finnish		oikeuden halventaminen. (various references)

Greek		ασέβεια προσ το δικαστήριο. (various references)

Hungarian		meg nem jelenés bíróság előtt, bíróság megsértése. (various references)

Japanese Kanji		法廷侮辱 . (various references)

Japanese Katakana		ほうていぶじょく. (various references)

Pig Latin		ontemptcay ofay ourtcay

Portuguese		desobediência a ordem judiciária (contempt of court order), desacato (contempt of court order). (various references)

Russian		оскорбление суда, неуважение к суду. (various references)

Spanish		contumacia (contumacy, hardheadedness, obstinacy, obstinateness), desacato al tribunal. (various references)

Turkish		mahkemeye itaatsizlik (contempt). (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Anagrams: Contempt Of Court

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "c-c-e-f-m-n-o-o-o-p-r-t-t-t-u"
	-5 letters: countertop.
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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Crosswords
3. Usage: Commercial
4. Images: Photo Album

5. Quotations: Non-fiction
6. Expressions
7. Expressions: Internet
8. Translations: Modern

9. Anagrams
10. Bibliography

Contempt Of Court

Definition: Contempt Of Court