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Defiatory

Bidding or manifesting defiance

Crow

To make the shrill sound characteristic of a cock either in joy gayety or defiance

Challenge

An invitation to engage in a contest or controversy of any kind a defiance specifically a summons to fight a duel also the letter or message conveying the summons

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Bravo

A daring villain a bandit one who sets law at defiance a professional assassin or murderer

unlawful

1 : not lawful : not authorized or justified by law 2 : acting contrary to or in defiance of the law [an possessor] un·law·ful·ly adv un·law·ful·ness n

outlaw

: a person or organization (as a nation) under a ban or restriction or considered to be in defiance of norms or laws [considered an for its support of terrorism] vt : to make illegal out·law·ry [at-lȯr-ē]

contumacy

contumacy [Latin contumacia, literally, defiance, obstinacy] : willful disobedience of a court order con·tu·ma··cious [kÄ n-tü-mā-shəs, -tyü-] adj

Wilful default

v. S. Moosa, (2000) 3 SCC 282. Wilful default means an act consciously or deliberately done with open defiance and intent not to pay the rent, Chordia Automobiles v. S. Snoosa, AIR 2000 SC 1880 (1883): (2000)

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