engelska-danska översättning av contempt of court

foragt for rettenLarrañagas advokater blev, da de anmodede om, at vidnerne eller Larrañaga selv fik lov til at vidne, fængslet på grund af foragt for retten. When Larrañaga’s lawyers asked that the witnesses and Larrañaga himself be able to speak, they were imprisoned for contempt of court.

Open disrespect for or willful disobedience of the authority of a court of law or legislative body, typically punishable by such sanctions as a fine or incarceration
A particular act of open disrespect for or willful disobedience of the authority of a court of law
A court order which, in the context of a court trial or hearing, declares a person or organization to have disobeyed or been disrespectful of the court's authority

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