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multiplication of contempts

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United States Supreme Court

The prosecution cannot multiply contempts by repeated questioning on the same subject of inquiry within which a recalcitrant witness already has refused answers.

Defined by the Supreme Court in - Yates v. United States, 355 U.S. 66 (1957).