CIVIL CONTEMPT

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A failure to follow a court order that benefits someone else

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("civil contempt" is a kind of...):

contempt of court (disrespect for the rules of a court of law)

Domain category:

jurisprudence; law (the collection of rules imposed by authority)

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