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contumacy::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | insubordination, rebelliousness |
| Derivation | contumacious |
contumacy::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | disobedience, noncompliance |
| Derivation | contumacious |
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In January 2000, following charges of contumacy, over twenty ministers were removed from their pulpits.
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The Court may imprisonment for contumacy, bad-faith litigation, and failure to obey a writ of mandamus.
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For whatever the nature of their creed might be, I could at least feel not doubt that contumacy and inflexible obstinacy deserved chastisement.
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It was chiefly through Gib's influence that the Antiburghers decided, at subsequent meetings, to summon to the bar their Burgher brethren, and to depose and excommunicate them for contumacy.
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- Willful refusal to appear before a court or comply with a court order; can result in a finding of contempt of court
- Obstinate rebelliousness and insubordination; resistance to authority
- Contumacy is a stubborn refusal to obey authority or, particularly in law, the wilful contempt of the order or summons of a court (see contempt of court.) The term is derived from the Latin word contumacia, meaning firmness or stubbornness.
- Contumacy is the stubborn or willful disobedience of one's lord. The guilty party would forfeit their fief and, at times, even be excommunicated.
- Willful disobedience. The intentional failure of an individual to obey a summons to appear in court to defend against a charge or to obey an order rendered by the court.
