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The definitions in this section apply throughout this chapter.

“Contempt of court” means willful:

(a) Disorderly, contemptuous, or insolent behavior toward the judge while holding the court, tending to impair its authority, or to interrupt the due course of a trial or other judicial proceedings;

(b) Disobedience of any lawful judgment, decree, order, or process of the court;

(c) Refusal as a witness to appear, be sworn, or, without lawful authority, to answer a question; or

(d) Refusal, without lawful authority, to produce a record, document, or other object.

“Foreign protection order” means an injunction or other order related to domestic violence or family violence, harassment, sexual abuse, or stalking, for the purpose of preventing violent or threatening acts or harassment against, or contact or communication with, or physical proximity to, another person, issued by a court of another state, territory, or possession of the United States, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, or the District of Columbia, or any United States military tribunal, or tribal court, in a civil or criminal action as defined in RCW 26.52.010(3).

“Person entitled to protection” means a person, regardless of whether the person was the moving party in the foreign jurisdiction, who is benefited by the foreign protection order as defined in RCW 26.52.010(6).

“Person under restraint” means a person, regardless of whether the person was the responding party in the foreign jurisdiction, whose ability to contact or communicate with another person, or to be physically close to another person, is restricted by the foreign protection order. [Ord. 3483 § 3, 2001; Ord. 2669 § 1, 1987; Code 1970 § 9.03.010.]