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Disobedient

Neglecting or refusing to obey omitting to do what is commanded or doing what is prohibited refractory not observant of duty or rules

Hearken

to lend the ear to attend to what is uttered to give heed to hear in order to obey or comply

contempt

a court or judge acting in a judicial capacity by disruptive language or conduct or by failure to obey the court's orders ;also : the offense of contempt called also contempt of court civil contempt : contempt

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Nonobedience

Neglect of obedience failure to obey

Observe

take notice of by appropriate conduct to conform ones action or practice to to keep to heed to obey to comply with as to observe rules or commands to observe civility

Serve

of as an inferior domestic serf slave hired assistant official helper etc specifically in a religious sense to obey and worship

At the instance of

690 is: 'at the urging or suggestion of 'Instance' does not imply the same degree of obligation to obey as does 'command'. That is also the legal sense in which the phrase 'at the instance of s.

Cautione admittenda

bishop who holds an excommunicated person in prison for contempt, notwithstanding he offers sufficient caution or security to obey the orders and commandment of the church for the future, Reg. Brev. 66.

Certification

assurance given to a party of the course to be followed in case he does not appear to obey the order of the Court, Bell's Dict.

Client

Client [fr. cliens, Lat., said to contain the same element as they verb clueo, to hear of obey, and accordingly compared by Niebuhr with the German word hoeriger, a dependent], a person who seeks advice of

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