District of Columbia Code Division II. Judiciary and Judicial Procedure § 15-320. Enforcement of decrees.

(a) For the purpose of executing a decree, or compelling obedience to it, the United States District Court for the District of Columbia or the Superior Court of the District of Columbia, in addition to the other procedures provided for by this chapter and Chapter 5 of Title 16, may:

In case of sequestration, the court may order payment and satisfaction to be made out of the estate and effects so sequestrated, according to the true intent and meaning of the decree.

(b) When a defendant is arrested and brought into court upon any process of contempt issued to compel the performance of a decree, the court may, upon motion, order:

until the decree or order is fully performed and executed, according to the tenor and true meaning thereof, and the contempt cleared.

(c) Where a decree only directs the payment of money, the defendant may not be imprisoned except in those cases especially provided for.