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contumacy
contumacy [Latin contumacia, literally, defiance, obstinacy] : willful disobedience of a
Contumacy (contumacia)
Contumacy (contumacia), a refusal to appear in court when legally summoned;
Contumacious
Exhibiting contumacy contemning authority obstinate perverse stubborn disobedient
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Contumacy
Stubborn perverseness pertinacious resistance to authority
Obstinacy
an opinion purpose or system unyielding disposition stubborness pertinacity persistency contumacy
Commitment
prison by warrantor order, either for a crime, contempt, or contumacy [see the (English) Debtors Act, 1869, for the abolition of
Nemo inauditus nec insummoniuts condemnari debet, si non sit contumax
no man should be condemned unheard and unsummoned, unless for contumacy.
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
has power, after a certain period, to pronounce such person contumacious and in contempt, and to signify the same to the
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