contempt of court

1. 1.

   disrespect for the rules of a court of law

   Broadercontempt

   Narrowercivil contemptcriminal contempt

   law

Questions about contempt of court

What does contempt of court mean?

contempt of court means "disrespect for the rules of a court of law".

Is contempt of court a common word?

contempt of court is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.