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contempt of court

offense of being disobedient to or disrespectful towards a court of law and its officers
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contempt of court

Summary

contempt of court ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,899 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • contempt of court is a type of violation of law[2].
  • contempt of court is a type of crime[3].
  • contempt of court's Commons category is recorded as Contempt of court[4].
  • contempt of court's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[5].
  • contempt of court's described by source is recorded as New International Encyclopedia[6].

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Definition and Type

Recorded subclass of include violation of law[2] and crime[3].

Why It Matters

contempt of court ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,899 views/month).[1] It has Wikipedia articles in 15 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[7] It is known by 6 alternative names across languages and contexts.[8]

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Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [7] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [8] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 5w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-26 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Subclass of → —
    Aliases → —
    Subclass of → violation of law, crime
    Described by source → Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition, New International Encyclopedia
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|4 */ [[Property:P8189]]: 987007557969805171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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