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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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