Sentence examples for definition of contempt from inspiring English sources

The definition of contempt.

Lawyers and rights groups complain the definition of contempt of religion is vague and has been used most often against critics of Islam.

The classic definition of a contempt by scandalizing the court was enunciated in R. v. Gray (1900) by the Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales, Lord Russell of Killowen, who said: "Any act done or writing published calculated to bring a Court or a judge of the Court into contempt, or to lower his authority, is a contempt of Court".

Technically, the three women are prosecuted for hooliganism; a more appropriate definition of their offense would be contempt of high authority.

LONDON — Does familiarity by definition breed contempt?

Our language is a carrier of contempt.

There was a good deal of contempt for the Iranians.

Such moments verge on the "snobbery of contempt".

For that, he has been convicted of contempt.

He was convicted of contempt but appealed and won.

Matsumoto, D. Scalar ratings of contempt expressions.