Legal Definition and Related Resources of Contempt
Meaning of Contempt
A wilful disregard or disobedience of public authority . An act of despising, feeling with which one regards that which is esteemed low, vile or worthless . It consists of four elements namely (1) existence of an order ; (2) knowledge of order; (3) inability to comply with the order; and (4) wilful or contumacious disobedience. See Hanisch v Hanisch, (S.DJ273 N. W.2d 188. See contempt of court .
Contempt Alternative Definition
A willful disregard or disobedience of a public authority, whether judicial or legislative. Contempts are either (1) civil or (2) criminal.
(1) Civil contempts are those quasi contempts which consist in failing to do some-, thing which the contemnor is ordered to do for the benefit of another party to a proceeding before the court; while
(2) Criminal contempts are all acts in disrespect of the court or of its process obstructing the administration of justice generally, and tending to bring the court into disrepute. Rapalje, Contempt, § 21; 11 Fla. 184; 4 Keyes (N. Y.) 46. Contempts are also classified as
(3) Direct contempts, being those committed in the presence of the court or so near as to disturb its proceedings; and
(4) Constructive contempts, being those arising from matters not transpiring in court. Rapalje, Contempt, § 23.
Synonyms of Contempt
(Disdain), noun
- abhorrence
- abomination
- animosity
- arrogance
- aspersion
- aversion
- condemnation
- contemptuousness
- contemptus
- contumely
- debasement
- defilement
- denigration
- denunciation
- deprecation
- depreciation
- derision
- derogation
- detestation
- detraction
- disapprobation
- disapproval
- disdainfulness
- disesteem
- disfavor
- disgust
- dislike
- disparagement
- dispraise
- disregard
- disrepute
- disvaluation
- fastidiwn
- imprecation
- incivility
- indignant aversion
- infamy
- insolence
- malediction
- misprision
- objurgation
- obloquy
- odium
- opposure
- opprobrium
- rebuff
- reproach
- reprobation
- reproof
- reproval
- repugnance
- revilement
- revulsion
- ridicule
- scorn
- scurrilityforeign phrases: Qui contemnit praeceptum contemnit praecipientem
- He who contemns a precept contemns the party who gives it
(Disobedience to the court), noun
- audacity
- contemptuous resistance
- contumaciousness
- contumacy
- contumely
- defiance of orders
- deprecation
- dereliction
- disaffection
- disobedience
- disposition to resist
- disregard of orders
- disrespect
- disrespectfulness
- dissension
- encroachment
- fractiousness
- impertinence
- improbity
- impudence
- indiscipline
- indocility
- infringement
- inobservance
- insolence
- insubmission
- insubordination
- intractableness
- irreverence
- nonadherence
- noncompliance
- noncooperation
- nonobservance
- obstinacy
- obstructionism
- perverseness
- recalcitrance
- recusancy
- refractoriness
- refusal to obey orders
- reproach
- repudiation
- repulsion
- resistance
- resistance to authority
- restiveness
- rudeness
- undutifulness
- unobservanceunrulinessunsubmissiveness
- unwillingness
- violation of orders
- willful disregard Associated Concepts: aggravated contempt
- civil contempt
- commonlaw contempt
- constructive contempt
- contempt of court
- continuing contempt
- criminal contempt
- evasive contempt
- judicial contempt
- obstruction of justice
- summary contempt
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Civil Contempt, Contempt Of Court, Contumacy, Indirect Contempt, Libel, Misprison, Purge, Rebellion, Sedition, Sequestration, Slander.
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Translation of Contempt, with examples. More about free online translation into Spanish of Desacato and other legal terms is available here.
- Desacato
- Legal English Translation
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Meaning of Contempt in Spanish
Description/ translation of contempt into Spanish: desacato, desobediencia; contempt citation: orden de comparecer por desacato; contempt to the court: desacato al tribunal[1]
Note: for more information on related terms and on the area of law where contempt belongs (criminal procedure law), in Spanish, see here.
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- Translation of Contempt published by Antonio Peñaranda
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See Also
Genocide; Humiliation; Shame; Violence
Further Reading
Ekman, Paul, and Wallace V. Friesen. 1986. A New Pan-Cultural Facial Expression of Emotion. Motivation and Emotion 10 (2): 159-168.
Gottman, John M., Robert W. Levenson, and Erica Woodin. 2001. Facial Expressions during Marital Conflict. Journal of Family Communication 1 (1): 37-57.
Matsumoto, David, and Paul Ekman. 2004. The Relationship among Expressions, Labels, and Descriptions of Contempt. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology 87 (4): 529-540.
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