Direct Contempt
Defined in 2 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Ballentine's (1916)
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
Those contempts which are committed within the presence of the court while in session, or so near to the court as to interrupt its proceedings. 168 111. 106; 153 111. 647.
Ballentine's Law Dictionary
James A. Ballentine · 1916
A contempt committed in court and so as to interrupt the orderly administration of justice. See Ann. Cas. (Miss.) 1913B, 281.