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contents unknown.A statement placed on a bill of lading to show that the carrier does not know what is inside shipped containers. • Carriers use this phrase in an attempt to limit their liability for damage to the goods shipped. Shipper’s load and count is also used. [Cases: Carriers  50; Shipping  106(3). C.J.S. Shipping §§…

contentious possession.See hostile possession under POSSESSION. [Blacks Law 8th]

contentious jurisdiction.See JURISDICTION. [Blacks Law 8th]

content-based restriction.Constitutional law. A restraint on the substance of a particular type of speech. • This type of restriction are presumptively invalid but can survive a constitutional challenge if it is based on a compelling state interest and its measures are narrowly drawn to accomplish that end. Boos v. Barry, 485 U.S. 312, 108 S.Ct.…

content-based discrimination.See DISCRIMINATION. [Blacks Law 8th]

contenement (k<<schwa>>n-ten-<<schwa>>-m<<schwa>>nt).Hist. 1. Freehold land held by a feudal tenant, esp. land used to support the tenant. • Magna Carta exempted this property from seizure. “Contenement, (contenementum) seemeth to be the free hould land, which lyeth to a mans tenement or dwelling house, that is in his owne occupation. For magna carta. ca. 14. you…

contemptuous damages.See nominal damages under DAMAGES. [Blacks Law 8th]

contempt proceeding.See PROCEEDING. [Blacks Law 8th]

contempt power.The power of a public institution (as Congress or a court) to punish someone who shows con-tempt for the process, orders, or proceedings of that institution.[Blacks Law 8th]

contempt of court.See CONTEMPT(2). [Blacks Law 8th]