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Contrariant

Contrary opposed antagonistic inconsistent contradictory

Contrarients

Contrarients, used temp. Edw. 2, to signify those who were opposed to the king, though it was not thought

Contrariness

state or quality of being contrary opposition inconsistency contrariety perverseness obstinacy

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Contrary

Opposite in an opposite direction in opposition adverse as contrary winds

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Contrariously

Contrarily oppositely

Contrariantly

Contrarily

Contrarious

Showing contrariety repugnant perverse

Unless the contrary is proved

Unless the contrary is proved, the words 'unless the contrary is proved' mean that the presumption raised by s. 4 has to be rebutted by proof and not by bare explanation which may be merely plausible....

Contrary to natural justice

Contrary to natural justice, The expression 'contrary to natural justice' has figured so prominently in judicial statements that it is essential to fix its exact scope and meaning. When applied to foreign judgments, it merely relates...

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