Contempt for not following a judgment

LIST Code: CO-07-05-03-02

LIST Code

CO-07-05-03-02

Title

Contempt for not following a judgment

Definition

This category covers situations when a court has made a judgment, but one of the parties has not followed it -- and the other wants to have them found in 'contempt'. This covers how the party can file a complaint for contempt, how the court decides on it, and what the consequences are for being found to be in contempt.

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  • NSMI v1 Taxonomy: 2023700
Last updated on Jul 01 2022

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