(crime of) contempt of court
the rise of the curtain; opening (of play); beginning (e.g. of an era); opening (festival, event, etc.)
High Court of Justice (UK); Parlement (France, during the ancien régime)
near bankruptcy; edge of bankruptcy; bumper-to-bumper
(issuing) order requiring somebody to report personally (to a police station); subpoena
Venus (Roman goddess); Venus (planet)
imprisonment (without forced labour); incarceration; confinement
judicial scrivener; judicial clerk; person qualified to prepare legal documents, handle real-estate transactions, etc.
to spend (money) like water; to spend (money) like it grows on trees; to throw around (one's money); to play ducks and drakes with
unfashionable; uncouth; unrefined; unpolished; unsophisticated
promiscuous woman; wanton girl
(crime of) defamation (i.e. slander, libel)
soldering iron; hot iron; brand; mark; stigma
(secret) date; clandestine meeting; assignation; tryst; rendezvous
observer; spectator (e.g. in court); (member of the) public; visitor; audience; gallery
life imprisonment; life sentence
eat shit!; fuck off!; fuck you!
to sentence; to assign a penalty
to put to trial; to argue in court
jeweler; gem dealer; jeweler's (jewelry) shop
serious crime; grave crime
official document; archives
payment in advance; advance payment; payment on delivery (e.g. business-reply mail, collect phone calls); forerunner
Nichole; Nicholl; Nicol; Nicoll; Nicolle
certain evidence; definite evidence
to feign ignorance; to pretend to be ignorant of; to play innocent; to brazen it out
dagger; stiletto; confidant; right-hand man
homosexuality; homosexual love
to be no match for; to not hold a candle to