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CONTEMPT OF COURT
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Disrespect for the rules of a court of law
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("contempt of court" is a kind of...):
contempt (a willful disobedience to or disrespect for the authority of a court or legislative body)
Domain category:
jurisprudence; law (the collection of rules imposed by authority)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "contempt of court"):
civil contempt (a failure to follow a court order that benefits someone else)
criminal contempt (an act of disrespect that impedes the administration of justice)
