A person's act or omission that interferes with a court's functions and for which a court may impose a punishment. A right or obligation between parties who are jointly liable to a third person, usually the plaintiff, for money damages recoverable in a civil action.
Redwood Trees The redwood trees of the northern and north central California coast are the tallest trees on earth. A relative of the sequoias found in Kings Canyon, Sequoia, and Yosemite National Parks, these trees are not as wide as sequoias at the base, as large, or as long-lived, but they are considerably taller.
The other huge tree is the 'Giant redwood' (species name sempervirens; sometimes called the 'Coast Redwood' or the 'California redwood'). They grow naturally along the Pacific in a thin strip from Monterey up to lower Oregon, and there are eight living specimens that are well over 300 feet tall apiece. But they're shorter lived than the Sequoia; in their native environment, giant redwoods 'only' survive for about 1,000 years.