lawful court

He would have preferred a more civilized justice, a lawful court, but what was he to do?

"What has occurred in this case is nothing short of flagrant procrastination and disregard of a lawful court order," Mr. Greelish said.

"The board of directors and managers of a company are given great discretion to operate a company within boundaries set by law, including a lawful court order," he said.

Direct contempt is distinctly different from indirect contempt, wherein another individual may file papers alleging contempt against a person who has willfully violated a lawful court order.

Geoffrey R. Stone, a law professor at the University of Chicago, said that going to jail in the face of a lawful court order amounted to "irresponsible martyrdom."

As for the penalties involved, Justice Cardamone wrote that the definition of a civil sanction was one "imposed to compel obedience to a lawful court order or to provide compensation to a complaining party."

Often led by a business structure that recognized the economic damage wrought by official segregation and by continued resistance to lawful court orders, these states complied with the courts and the Constitution, if reluctantly.

Mackenzie's handling of the Somers affair, including its lack of a lawful court martial, was controversial; the incident was described at length in Vina Delmar's novel The Big Family.

After a federal appeals court ruled against Chief Justice Moore, Mr. Pryor filed an ethics complaint with the Alabama bar, saying the chief justice was ignoring a lawful court order.