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- noun Plural form of
contempt .
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Examples
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This case affords the most singular instance of the exercise of the doubtful power of punishing for what are called contempts, on record.
Continental Monthly, Vol. 4, No 3, September 1863 Devoted to Literature and National Policy Various
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On the Tenth day of Christmas, my ex-spouse gave to me ten contempts of the divorce decree
Lee Block: The 12 Divorced Days Of Christmas Lee Block 2011
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On the Tenth day of Christmas, my ex-spouse gave to me ten contempts of the divorce decree
Lee Block: The 12 Divorced Days Of Christmas Lee Block 2011
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On the Tenth day of Christmas, my ex-spouse gave to me ten contempts of the divorce decree
Lee Block: The 12 Divorced Days Of Christmas Lee Block 2011
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Criminal contempts almost always happen in the context of other cases and the only efficient person to bring them is generally the person objecting to a violation of a courtorder.
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On the Tenth day of Christmas, my ex-spouse gave to me ten contempts of the divorce decree
Lee Block: The 12 Divorced Days Of Christmas Lee Block 2011
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Criminal contempts almost always happen in the context of other cases and the only efficient person to bring them is generally the person objecting to a violation of a courtorder.
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: I'm directing staff to prepare subpoenas for the Salahis if the Salahis continue to rebuff this committee's oversight requests they could be subject to contempts of Congress.
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The way she presents excerpts and this being from users not developers as I understood it, makes it feel like she contempts their assumed attitudes and assumed persons more than what whas actually said.
Miriam Ruiz 2008
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August 19, 2008 at 9:54 am oooh the kitteh jest ooozez the contempts all over
I play well with others… - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2008
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