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Definition of Contempt of court
1. Noun. Disrespect for the rules of a court of law.
Specialized synonyms: Civil Contempt, Criminal Contempt
Category relationships: Jurisprudence, Law
Definition of Contempt of court
1. Noun. A court order which, in the context of a court trial or hearing, declares a person or organization to have disobeyed or been disrespectful of the court's authority. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Contempt Of Court
Literary usage of Contempt of court
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. United States Supreme Court Reports by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company, United States Supreme Court (1907)
"contempt of court. Thereupon lbs granted a rule upon the ... i — cause why an
attachment should ad against them for contempt of court ..."
2. South Eastern Reporter by West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals, West Publishing Company, South Carolina Supreme Court (1922)
"Where a pule mai for contempt of court was brought against two defendant» jointly,
and they made a joint answer thereto and were tried together, ..."
3. United States Supreme Court Reports by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company, United States Supreme Court (1885)
"... aa If the territory had belonged to a foreign country and had been subjugated
In a foreign war. 2. contempt of court 1« a specific criminal offense. ..."
4. The Living Age by Making of America Project, Eliakim Littell, Robert S. Littell (1894)
"The butler refused to receive the document, and threatened to eject the officer
of the law, who told the butler he would be guilty of "contempt of court'' ..."
5. Free speech bibliography: including every discovered attitude toward the by Theodore Albert Schroeder (1922)
"Contempt of Court Atkinson, Will Is lese majeste a crime in America? Should men
be jailed for free speech? For making these speeches advocating the ..."
6. Supreme Court Reporter by Robert Desty, United States Supreme Court, West Publishing Company (1907)
"From the facts stated it appears that William J. Doyle and James G. Doak were
adjudged guilty of contempt of court in ihe circuit court of the United States ..."
7. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General by Thomas Spencer Baynes (1888)
"In another case the publication of a winding-np petition, containing charges of
fraud, before the hearing of aie petition was held to be a contempt of court ..."
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