Sentence examples for motion of contempt from inspiring English sources

The motion of contempt, passed in the House of Commons on a vote of 156 to 145, charged that the government had failed to provide accurate financial information for several programs, including the F-35 jets and crime legislation that is likely to increase the prison population.

Lawyers filed a motion of contempt against Secretary of Defense Robert Gates denouncing his "continued refusal to comply with a final order" by the appeals court to release Parhat, the document said.

This of course puts this parent into a vulnerable position whereby the other side can now file motions of contempt both prolonging litigation and applying a financial choke hold on the targeted parent — all while increasing the profit flow to opposing counsel exponentially.

The motion for contempt was directed to Defendant.

Robinson said she would issue a written ruling on the motion for contempt.

"That's just the problem," said Steven Banks, the Legal Aid Society lawyer who has represented homeless families in the longstanding litigation, and who has filed a motion seeking a finding of contempt against the commissioner for homeless services, Linda I. Gibbs.

Following the release of the Chilcot report, JC backed a parliamentary motion declaring Tony Blair guilty of "contempt" over the Iraq War, and at the party conference in Liverpool he refused to applaud after Deputy Leader Tom Watson praised the governments of Blair and Gordon Brown, while some delegates gave a standing ovation.

Both airlines are seeking motions for contempt against the mechanics' unions, which are negotiating new contracts.

Adapting himself to fiction with much of the same garrulous intensity he brings to plays and monologues, Mr. Bogosian sets in motion a suburban nightmare populated by one-note, clueless characters who are presented here with various degrees of contempt.

The definition of contempt.

There was a good deal of contempt for the Iranians.