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show-cause order

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show-cause order

A judicial or government agency order to appear before it and present evidence regarding why a specific order should not issue from that authority.When one is charged with violation of an injunction prohibiting certain actions on real property, for example, the order is to appear and show cause why the defendant should not be held in contempt of court.



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The show-cause orders have not yet been mailed out, Rambo said, and judges are still determining when to have the 53 appear.
Courts in the county need 10,000 jurors per day, and officials say they must sometimes resort to show-cause orders.
Corn for a hearing on the show-cause order, so it might have seemed logical to wait for a final disposition before addressing the many complex questions raised by the case.
 
 
 
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