| 单词 | contempt charge |
| 释义 | > as lemmascontempt charge Law. General attributive (in sense 2b), as contempt charge, contempt proceedings, contempt trial, etc. ΚΠ 1845 N.Y. Herald 27 Aug. 4/6 The contempt trial will cause a great commotion throughout the city. 1846 J. Cole Bills of Costs in Chancery, for Plaintiff & Defendant 33 These costs..are forced from defendant by the rigor of contempt proceedings, which ends in imprisonment, if defendant turn..wilfully adverse. 1952 J. Lait & L. Mortimer U.S.A. Confidential iii. xxvii. 323 The Chicago mob got off unsinged. A few phony contempt citations were made and quickly thrown out by the courts. 1958 Times 15 July 3/6 In the majority of contempt cases there was an existing right of appeal to a civil court of appeal. 2014 Wired Feb. 67/2 The FISA request program was legal, and any company that failed to cooperate would risk the contempt charges specified in the law. < as lemmas |
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