Indirect Criminal Contempt Law and Legal Definition
Indirect criminal contempt consists of willful disobedience of any process or lawful orders made by the court, or resistance to the execution of legal process. [38 Okla. Crim. 313 (Okla. Crim. App. 1927)].
It is distinguished from a direct contempt, which consists of disorderly or insolent behavior committed during the session of the court and in its immediate view and presence.
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- Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences [ACJS]
- Administration of Criminal Justice
- American Board of Criminalistics
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- Armed Career Criminal Act (ACCA)
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- Center on Juvenile and Criminal Justice
- Central Criminal Court Act
- Central Repository [Criminal Law]
- Civil Procedure Contempt
