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Definition of Contravened

Contravened
Contravene Con`tra*vene", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Contravened; p. pr. & vb. n. Contravening.] [LL. contravenire; L. contra + venire to come: cf. F. contrevenir. See Come.] 1. To meet in the way of opposition; to come into conflict with; to oppose; to contradict; to obstruct the operation of; to defeat. So plain a proposition . . . was not likely to be contravened. --Southey. 2. To violate; to nullify; to be inconsistent with; as, to contravene a law. Laws that place the subjects in such a state contravene the first principles of the compact of authority. --Johnson. Syn: To contradict; set aside; nullify; defeat; cross; obstruct; baffle; thwart.

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- the US State Department, United Nations and European Union, as the law contravened democratic standards and Georgia's EU-aspirations. In December 2023,...
- divided between Germany, Hungary, Italy, and Bulgaria. On 22 June 1941, contravening the Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact, about 3.8 million Axis troops attacked the...
- of a "plurality of legal systems, grounded on religion" was ruled to contravene the European Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental...
- courts. It has the power to both strike down union or state laws which contravene the constitution and invalidate any government action it deems unconstitutional...
- 2018 due to a court ruling that regarded all bag bans in the state to contravene the Texas Solid Waste Disposal Act. In 2016, Austin became the first Gold...
- commentator Andrew Bolt and published in The Herald Sun newspaper had contravened section 18C, of the Racial Discrimination Act 1975 (Cth) (RDA). The case...
- January 2015. David Green (18 May 2018). "WHO Bows to China Pressure, Contravenes Human Rights in Refusing Taiwan Media". international.thenewslens.com...
- "Application of the death penalty for such a broad range of offences contravenes international law." Brunei is the first country in Asia to have banned...
- was anticlerical, and held Christian ethics in contempt because they contravened his preferred view of "survival of the ****est". He favoured aspects...