Sentence examples for a contempt of from inspiring English sources

To suggest otherwise would be a contempt of court.

"My statutory obligation is being undermined, is that not a contempt of court?" he said.

"Columnist!" sneers another, with a contempt of which Samuel Beckett would have been proud.

Not following the judicial directive is a contempt of court, he says.

"I suppose, potentially, in a very serious case, it could be regarded as a contempt of court.

McFeely, originally from Londonderry, avoided going back behind bars last July after successfully overturning a contempt of court judgment.

When he refused, the Department of Justice filed a contempt-of-court case against him.

The inmate was transferred this week after a contempt-of-court hearing was scheduled for White.

Mr. Gross also paid a contempt-of-court fine of $32,000 and was ordered to pay $137,900 in civil penalties.

You have to go into a contempt-of-court action on the assumption that you can get a jail sentence of up to two years.

At a contempt-of-court hearing, prosecutors proved that Feiock knew of the court order and failed to comply.