contemner

contemner
con·tem·ner also con·tem·nor /kən-'tem-nər/ n: one who commits contempt

Merriam-Webster’s Dictionary of Law. . 1996.

contemner
(or contemnor) n. A person or entity who is guilty of contempt before a judicial or legislative body.

Webster's New World Law Dictionary. . 2000.


contemner
An individual who intentionally acts to hinder or obstruct the administration of justice by a court, either by refusing to comply with its orders or by disrupting its orderly proceedings, thereby committing contempt.

Dictionary from West's Encyclopedia of American Law. 2005.


contemner
An individual who intentionally acts to hinder or obstruct the administration of justice by a court, either by refusing to comply with its orders or by disrupting its orderly proceedings, thereby committing contempt.

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  • contemner — ⇒CONTEMNER, verbe trans. Vx. Mépriser, exprimer son mépris pour (quelqu un). Synon. (partiel) dénigrer. Elle devient odieuse et contemne Dieu et les lois de la création (J. PÉLADAN, Le Vice suprême, 1884, p. 188). Je méprisais Mouron, je m… …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • contemner — Contemner, Temnere, Contemnere, Fastidire, Negligere, Despicere. Contemner et mespriser l authorité de justice, Ne faire conte de justice, Maiestatem iurisdictionis soluere, Budaeus. Qui contemne son superieur, Contumax …   Thresor de la langue françoyse

  • Contemner — Con*tem ner (k[o^]n*t[e^]m n[ e]r or t[e^]m [ e]r), n. One who contemns; a despiser; a scorner. Contemners of the gods. South. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • contemner — noun see contemn …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • contemner — See contemn. * * * …   Universalium

  • contemner — noun One who contemns, who displays contempt towards another. Præsumptuous violators or contemners of the sabbath or holie exercises /<! [sic] …   Wiktionary

  • contemner — n. person who despises, scornful person …   English contemporary dictionary

  • contemner — con·temner …   English syllables

  • contemner — A person who commits a contempt …   Ballentine's law dictionary

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