Skip to main content

Search from vocabulary

Content language

Concept information

Preferred term

gag rules  

Definition

  • Court orders that bar the press from publishing articles containing certain types of information about pending court cases. Refusal to comply with the order may result in being held in contempt of court. [Source: Student's Guide to the Supreme Court; Gag Rules]

Broader concept

Belongs to group

URI

https://concepts.sagepub.com/social-science/concept/gag_rules

Download this concept: