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2021 Florida Statutes (Including 2021B Session)
SECTION 23
Contempt defined.
Contempt defined.
38.23 Contempt defined.—A refusal to obey any legal order, mandate or decree, made or given by any judge relative to any of the business of the court, after due notice thereof, is a contempt, punishable accordingly.
History.—s. 2, Nov. 23, 1828; RS 976; GS 1346; RGS 2535; CGL 4162; s. 8, ch. 2013-25.