Contempt of court

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The failure of someone to obey a lawful order of a court or who disrespects the judge or disrupts the proceedings through poor behavior. A judge may impose civil (a fine) or criminal (jail) sanctions for someone found guilty of contempt of court. Typically judges in common law systems have more extensive power to declare some in contempt than judges in civil law systems.

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