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CONTEMPT OF CONGRESS, LEGISLATURE, OR PARLIAMENT Definition & Legal Meaning

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Whatever obstructs or tends to obstruct the due course of proceeding of either house, or grossly reflects on the character of a member of either house, or imputes to him what it would be a libel to impute to an ordinary person, is a contempt of the house, and thereby a breach of privilege. Sweet

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