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in contempt (of court)

showing disrespect for a judge or courtroom procedures. The bailiff ejected the lawyer who was held in contempt. The judge found the juror in contempt of court when she screamed at the attorney.

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Bush administration critics hand-delivered a petition to a Democratic lawmaker Tuesday containing more than 127,000 signatures calling for former White House adviser Karl Rove to be held in contempt of Congress and jailed. Petition calls for Rove to be held in contempt by Staff / AP News The appellants were ultimately declared to be in contempt of the court orders. Frontenac Ventures Corporation v. Ardoch Algonquin First Nation; ... by Mondaq Business Briefing Housing court judges usually impose fines as a penalty against landlords found in contempt and in Fiscal Year 2007 HPD collected $4. City Throws Slumlord in Jail (For Nine Days) by Eliot Brown / The New York Observer More results

? References in periodicals archive

Bush administration critics hand-delivered a petition to a Democratic lawmaker Tuesday containing more than 127,000 signatures calling for former White House adviser Karl Rove to be held in contempt of Congress and jailed.

Petition calls for Rove to be held in contempt by Staff / AP News

The appellants were ultimately declared to be in contempt of the court orders.

Frontenac Ventures Corporation v. Ardoch Algonquin First Nation; ... by Mondaq Business Briefing

Housing court judges usually impose fines as a penalty against landlords found in contempt and in Fiscal Year 2007 HPD collected $4.

City Throws Slumlord in Jail (For Nine Days) by Eliot Brown / The New York Observer

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