contempt of court
Disrespecting the bench
Contempt of court is willful disobedience or disrespect toward a court or its proceedings.
A judge may hold someone in contempt for disrupting a trial, ignoring a subpoena, or violating a court order.
Penalties range from fines to imprisonment: The witness was held in contempt of court for refusing to answer questions.
Refusal to follow orders
- noncomplianceFailure to follow requirements
- contumacyObstinate resistance to authority
- insubordinationDefying workplace authority
- defianceOpen resistance to authority
recalcitrance · obstinacy · willfulness · resistance · refusal · obstruction · flouting · disregard
Perceiving sound waves
- tribunalJudicial decision-making body
- judiciaryLaw-interpreting government branch
- courtroomJudicial proceedings chamber
- judgeOne who decides
magistrate · bench · chambers · bailiff · prosecution · defendant · testimony · cross-examination
Hostile dismissive feeling
- mockeryScornful ridicule or travesty
- derisionContemptuous mockery
- disparagementCriticism meant to diminish
- disrespectLack of regard
insolence · impudence · affront · belittlement · ridicule · sarcasm · sneering · condescension
Breaking of rules
- breachBreaking of agreement
- infringementViolation of rights
- misconductImproper professional behavior
- transgressionViolation of law or code
perjury · witness tampering · jury tampering · failure to appear
Acceptable in quality
- imprisonmentLegal detention in jail
- incarcerationConfinement in jail
- penaltyPunishment for wrongdoing
- complianceAdhering to requirements
enforcement · punishment · forfeiture · sequestration · reprimand · probation · censure · apology
disobedience
Refusal to follow orders
- noncomplianceFailure to follow requirements
- contumacyObstinate resistance to authority
- insubordinationDefying workplace authority
defiance · recalcitrance · obstinacy · willfulness · resistance · refusal · obstruction · flouting · disregard · nonobservance
hearing
Perceiving sound waves
- tribunalJudicial decision-making body
- judiciaryLaw-interpreting government branch
- courtroomJudicial proceedings chamber
judge · magistrate · bench · chambers · bailiff · prosecution · defendant · testimony · cross-examination · affidavit
scorn
Hostile dismissive feeling
- mockeryScornful ridicule or travesty
- derisionContemptuous mockery
- disparagementCriticism meant to diminish
disrespect · insolence · impudence · affront · belittlement · ridicule · sarcasm · sneering · condescension · outburst
violation
Breaking of rules
- breachBreaking of agreement
- infringementViolation of rights
- misconductImproper professional behavior
transgression · perjury · witness tampering · jury tampering · failure to appear
fine
Acceptable in quality
- imprisonmentLegal detention in jail
- incarcerationConfinement in jail
- penaltyPunishment for wrongdoing
compliance · enforcement · punishment · forfeiture · sequestration · reprimand · probation · censure · apology · retraction
- courtroom expressionsobjection, sustained, overruled, all rise, guilty
- crimesarson, burglary, robbery, kidnapping, vandalism
- legal systemattorney, landmark cases, criminal cases, lawyers, legal precedents
- wrongdoingmisconduct, crime, sabotage, crimes, misbehavior
- courtroom dramaobjection, surprise witness, hostile witness, mistrial, confession
- courtroom conductcourtroom decorum, courtroom etiquette, courtroom behavior, courtroom protocol, proper attire
court, context, condemn, contempt, contemptuous, condemnation, contemptuously, contemn, contemptuousness