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词汇 example_english_contempt-of-court
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contempt of court

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meanings of contemptand court


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contempt
noun[U]
uk /kənˈtempt/ us /kənˈtempt/
a strong feeling of disliking and having no respect for someone ...
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court
noun
uk /kɔːt/ us /kɔːrt/
a place where trials and other legal cases happen, or the people present in such a place, especially the officials and those deciding if someone ...
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Examples of contempt of court


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Justices of the peace did so regularly, and even common law judges did so in cases of contemptofcourt.
Failure to attend invites strictures of contemptofcourt.
The use of force in holding a defendant in contemptofcourt is a response to the refusal to do the court's bidding.
As a result, penalties for contemptofcourt are required in addition to whatever remedy is awarded to the plaintiff.26 23.
They have gone to prison for contemptofcourt.
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We have the situation where these two journalists were sent to prison for contempt of a tribunal or contemptofcourt.
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It might have been argued that he was in contemptofcourt if he had allowed his committee to discuss the matter at that time.
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Furthermore, any breach of an interdict—whether interim or permanent—is a contemptofcourt, and is capable of being dealt with by fine or imprisonment.
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But perhaps we ought to look at what kind of extension there is in, say, the case of contemptofcourt.
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Sequestration is a penalty that may be imposed by the courts, where appropriate, for any contemptofcourt.
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The longest period for which a prisoner has been held for contemptofcourt during the last five years is 652 days.
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In the doubtful case of contemptofcourt, that distinction has also been plainly drawn.
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He received no sentence for contemptofcourt, and was not sentenced to hard labour.
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This party did not participate in these proceedings and it was therefore held to be in contemptofcourt.
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Funds are, of course, sacrosanct regarding compensation for damages, but not when a union is in contemptofcourt.
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Is there to be a procedure for contemptofcourt?
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I have definite views about defamation and contemptofcourt, but the matter of official secrets is one of the greatest difficulty.
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They are sent to prison because they will not pay, because they are guilty of contemptofcourt.
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I think it is exceedingly doubtful whether it could be dealt with as contemptofcourt.
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Let we now pass on briefly to the question of contemptofcourt.
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