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Fiche 1,  Justifications,  Anglais

Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 DEF

A reference to a court's right to punish for actions or omissions as if they were criminal. The most common example is finding a parent who is delinquent in child support in contempt of court and penalizing him/her with a jail sentence. If a hearing is quasi-criminal the quasi-defendant is entitled to all due process protections afforded a criminal defendant.  1, fiche 1, Anglais, - quasi%2Dcriminal

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