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contemnor (k<<schwa>>n-tem-<<schwa>>r or -n<<schwa>>r or -nor). A person who is guilty of contempt before an instrumentality of government, such as a court or legislature. — Also spelled contemner. [Blacks Law 8th]

contango (k<<schwa>>n-tang-goh).Securities. 1. A market in which long-term futures or options contracts sell at a premium over short-term contracts. — Also termed normal market. 2. The premium so paid. • The premium paid for securities with longer maturities reflects the cost of holding the commodity for future delivery. [Blacks Law 8th]

containment.Int’l law. The policy of restricting the ideological and territorial expansion of one’s enemy. • This was the basic philosophy of the United States during the Cold War. [Blacks Law 8th]

contemn (k<<schwa>>n-tem), vb. To treat (as laws or court orders) with contemptuous disregard. See CON-TEMPT.[Blacks Law 8th]

consumption tax.See TAX. [Blacks Law 8th]

consumption. The act of destroying a thing by using it; the use of a thing in a way that thereby exhausts it. [Blacks Law 8th]

consummation of marriage.Family law. The first postmarital act of sexual intercourse between a husband and wife. • Under canon law, a refusal to consummate the marriage may be grounds for an annulment or for divorce. But this is not so at common law or under modern state law. [Blacks Law 8th]

contagion.Int’l law. A discredited doctrine holding that revolution or abhorrent practices in a neighboring state justify its invasion and the overthrow of its government on the grounds of national security. • The doctrine was employed by the Holy Alliance (1815–1848) in Europe to invade countries where revolutions were brewing. — Also termed doctrine of contagion. [Blacks…

consummate (k<<schwa>>n-s<<schwa>>m-it orkahn-s<<schwa>>-mit), adj. Completed; fully accomplished. • Consummate was often used at common law to describe the status of a contract or an estate, such as the trans-formation of a husband’s interest in his wife’s inheritance from that of a tenant by the curtesy initiate to a tenant by curtesy consummate upon the wife’s…

consumer-user-contemplation test.See CONSUMER-CONTEMPLATION TEST. [Blacks Law 8th]