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Summary jurisdiction

a court to give a judgment or make an order itself forthwith, e.g., to commit to prison for contempt, to punish malpractice in a solicitor, or in the case of justices of the peace, a jurisdiction to

Sorehon, or sorn

chieftain had a mind to revel, he came down among the tenants with his followers by way of contempt called Gilliwitfitts, and lived on free quarters. See Bell's Scots Law Dict

Scripture

See Articles of Religion. Art. VI. All profane scoffing of theHoly Scripture, or exposing any part theeof to contempt and ridicule, is punishable by fine and imprisonment (Roscoe on Criminal Evidence, 8th Edn. p. 666); and by

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Scandalising the court

it would amount to scandalising the court to undermine its authority and thereby the Advocates will have committed contempt of court, Harish Uppal v. Union of India, (2003) 2 SCC 45. Scandalising the court, would mean hostile

Scandalising

casting unwarranted and defamatory aspersions upon the character or ability of the Judges. Such conduct is punished as contempt for this reason that it tends to create distrust in their popular mind and impair confidence of people

Sassons

Sassons, a corruption of Saxons: a name of contempt formerly given to the English, while they affected to be called Angles.

Record, Courts of

County Courts are the most important. Every superior Court of record has authority to fine and imprison for contempt of its authority; an inferior court of record can only commit for contempts committed in open court, in

Rebellion, Commission of

Rebellion, Commission of, one of the abolished pro-cesses of contempt in the High Court of Chancery, See the (repealed) Consol. Ord. 1860, xxx., r. 5.

Public order

security of the State, friendly relations with foreign States, public order, decency or morality, or in relation to contempt of court, defamation or incitement to an offence. Public order is therefore, something which is demarcated from the

Redoubtable

Formidable dread terrible to foes as a redoubtable hero hence valiant often in contempt or burlesque

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