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Contumacy (contumacia)
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Contumacious
Exhibiting contumacy contemning authority obstinate perverse stubborn disobedient
Overhernissa
Overhernissa, contumacy or contempt of Court, Leg. 'thel. C. 25.
Obstinacy
great difficulty firm and usually unreasonable adherence to an opinion purpose or system unyielding disposition stubborness pertinacity persistency contumacy
Commitment
Commitment, (1) the sending a person to prison by warrantor order, either for a crime, contempt, or contumacy [see the (English) Debtors Act, 1869, for the abolition of imprisonment for debt, 32 & 33 Vict. c.
Nemo inauditus nec insummoniuts condemnari debet, si non sit contumax
insummoniuts condemnari debet, si non sit contumax [Lat.], no man should be condemned unheard and unsummoned, unless for contumacy.
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
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