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contumacy
contumacy [Latin contumacia, literally, defiance, obstinacy] : willful disobedience of a court order con·tu·ma··cious [kÄ n-tü-mā-shəs, -tyü-] adj
Contumacious
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Contumacy
Stubborn perverseness pertinacious resistance to authority
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Contumacy (contumacia)
Contumacy (contumacia), a refusal to appear in court when legally summoned; or disobedience to the rules and orders of a court.
Overhernissa
Overhernissa, contumacy or contempt of Court, Leg. 'thel. C. 25.
Refractory
Obstinate in disobedience contumacious stubborn unmanageable as a refractory child a refractory beast
Contumace capiendo
or sentence has not been obeyed, the judge has power, after a certain period, to pronounce such person contumacious and in contempt, and to signify the same to the Court of Chancery, whereupon a writ de contumace
De contumace capiendo
of the Court of Chancery for the commitment of a person pronounced by an Ecclesiastical Court to be contumacious and guilty of contempt. See EXCOMMUNICATION.
Excommunication
or sentence has not been obeyed, the judge has power, after a certain period, to pronounce such person contumacious and in contempt, and to signify the same to the Court of Chancery; whereupon a writ de contumace
Penalty
Shah, AIR 1991 SC 1289: (1991) 2 SCC 495. Penalty is ordinarily levied on an assessee for some contumacious conduct or for a deliberate violation of the provisions of the particular statute, Pratibha Processors v. Union of
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