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Abduction

c. 2), s. 11. (4) The removal of a ward of Court out of the jurisdiction: this is Contempt of Court (q.v.). See GUARDIAN. The statutes 13 Edw. 1, c. 34 & 35, dealing with the carrying

Sniff

To draw air audibly up the nose to snuff sometimes done as a gesture of suspicion offense or contempt

Sirrah

A term of address implying inferiority and used in anger contempt reproach or disrespectful familiarity addressed to a man or boy but sometimes to a woman In sililoquies often

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Shaveling

A man shaved hence a monk or other religious used in contempt

Sequester

which it is taken or till the owner has performed the decree of court or clears himself of contempt in international law to confiscate

Scrag

Something thin lean or rough a bony piece especially a bony neckpiece of meat hence humorously or in contempt the neck

Scornful

Full of scorn or contempt contemptuous disdainful

Scoff

Derision ridicule mockery derisive or mocking expression of scorn contempt or reproach

Saucy

Showing impertinent boldness or pertness transgressing the rules of decorum treating superiors with contempt impudent insolent as a saucy fellow

Sauciness

The quality or state of being saucy that which is saucy impertinent boldness contempt of superiors impudence

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