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Home Dictionary Name: disobedientWilful disobedience
Wilful disobedience, 'willful disobedience' to a writ issued by a court constitutes civil contempt, though mere failure to obey the writ may not constitute civil contempt depending upon the facts and circumstances of the case. The appropriate mode of enforcing obedience to a writ of habeas corpus is by committal for contempt. A committal order may be made against a person who intentionally makes a false return to a writ of habeas corpus, but an unintentional misrepresentation on a return is not a ground for committal. Civil contempt is punishable with imprisonment as well as fine, Sebastian M. Hongray v. Union of India, AIR 1984 SC 1026: (1984) 3 SCR 544: (1984) 3 SCC 81 (82).If from the circumstances of a particular case, brought to the notice of the Court, the Court is satisfied that although there has been a disobedience but such disobedience is the result of some compelling circumstances under which it was not possible for the contemner to comply with the order, the Court may not p...
civil disobedience
civil disobedience : refusal to obey governmental demands or commands esp. as a nonviolent and usually collective means of forcing concessions from the government ...
Disobediency
Disobedience...
Disobediently
In a disobedient manner...
Contempt of court
Contempt of court, means civil contempt or criminal contempt.--A disobedience to or disregard of the rules, orders, process, or dignity of a Court, which has power to punish for such offence by committal. Contempts are either direct, which only insult or resist the powers of the Court, or the persons of the judges who preside there; or consequential, which, without such gross insolence or direct opposition, plainly tend to create a universal disregard of their authority. Contempts may be divided into acts of contempt committed in the Court itself (in facie curi') and out of Court. Among the former are all unseemly behaviour (for which, and which only (see Reg. v. Lefroy, (1873) LR 8 QB 134), there is an express power to punish by s. 162 of the (English) County Courts Act, 1888), as talking boisterously, applauding any part of the proceedings, refusing to be sworn or to answer a question as a witness, interfering with the business of the Court on the part of a person who has no right to...
contempt
contempt 1 : willful disobedience or open disrespect of the orders, authority, or dignity of a court or judge acting in a judicial capacity by disruptive language or conduct or by failure to obey the court's orders ;also : the offense of contempt called also contempt of court civil contempt : contempt that consists of disobedience to a court order in favor of the opposing party NOTE: The sanctions for civil contempt end upon compliance with the order. constructive contempt : indirect contempt in this entry criminal contempt : contempt consisting of conduct that disrupts or opposes the proceedings or power of the court NOTE: The sanctions for criminal contempt are designed to punish as well as to coerce compliance. direct contempt : contempt committed in the presence of the court or in a location close enough to disrupt the court's proceedings in·di·rect contempt : contempt (as disobedience of a court order) that occurs outside of the presence of the court 2 : wi...
Vaccination
Vaccination, inoculation with the virus of cowpox as a preventive of smallpox. First made compulsory in 1853 by 16 & 17 Vict. c. 100, gratuitous vaccination having been previously provided for in the various enactments, dating from 1840, on the subject prior to 1867, all of which were repealed by the Vaccination Act of that year (30 & 31 Vict. c. 84). By the Act it was provided, inter alia, that the parent of every child born in England should within three months after the birth of such child, or where by reason of the death, illness, absence, or inability of the parent or other cause, any other person should have the custody of such child, 1898 by the (English) Vaccination Act, 1898, and this last Act was itself amended by the (English) Vaccination Act, 1907, in order to give relief to persons having a conscientious objection to vaccination, and s. 1(1) is as follows:-1.-(1) No parent or other person shall be liable to any penalty under s. 29 or s. 31 of the Vaccination Act of 1867 if...
contumacy
contumacy [Latin contumacia, literally, defiance, obstinacy] : willful disobedience of a court order con·tu·ma··cious [kÄ n-tü-mā-shəs, -tyü-] adj ...
justice
justice [Old French, from Latin justitia, from justus just] 1 a : the quality of being just, impartial, or fair [it is not the province of the court to decide upon the or injustice…of these laws "Scott v. Sanford, 60 U.S. 393 (1857)"] b : the principle or ideal of just dealing ;also : conformity to the principle or ideal of just dealing 2 a : the administration of law [a fugitive from ] ;esp : the establishment or determination of rights according to law or equity [system of ] b : fair, just, or impartial legal process [courts or tribunals…for the administration of international "G. R. Winters"] 3 : judge ;esp : a judge of an appellate court or court of last resort (as a supreme court) [insults to particular s and threats of civil disobedience were bandied freely "R. H. Bork"] ...
Contumacious
Exhibiting contumacy contemning authority obstinate perverse stubborn disobedient...
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