commitment for contempt
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From 20 U.S. 38 - Kearney · 1822Most cited · 252 citing opinions
when a Court commits a party for a contempt, their adjudication is a conviction, and their commitment, in consequence is execution... no Court can discharge, on bail, a person that is in execution by the judgment of any other Court.