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· 5/7/1973

Welchel v. Boyter

Citations

  • 196 S.E.2d 496
  • 260 S.C. 418
  • 1973 S.C. LEXIS 374

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • holding that, in order for contempt to lie, the language of a court order’s commands must be clear and certain
  • \One may not be convicted of contempt for violating a court order which fails to tell him in definite terms what he must do.\
  • to support contempt finding, language of court order \must be clear and certain rather than implied\

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Judges: Brailsford, Moss, Lewis, Bussey, Littlejohn

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