contempt of the House

That same year, he was jailed for contempt of the house.

He mentioned that this obstruction was in "contempt of the house" and liable for punishment under house rules.

Serious breaches of the code of conduct and contempt of the house in response to investigation of allegations against him.

Misleading MPs is deemed to amount to a "contempt of the house" in the same way that refusing to answer a summons to appear before a committee is reported to the Commons.

Gardiner gave a similar reply; whereupon the Lords, having deliberated in private, ordered the two counsel to be committed to the Tower of London for contempt of the house in refusing to plead (State Trials iv.