- Look up
contumacy in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.
Contumacy is a
stubborn refusal to obey
authority or,
particularly in law, the
willful contempt...
- to
acknowledge the
independence of the Americans, and to
punish their contumacy by the
indefinite prolongation of a war
which promised to be eternal."...
- ****ctive
relief and the
habeas corpus remedy. The
Court may
imprison for
contumacy, bad-faith litigation, and
failure to obey a writ of mandamus. Judicial...
- try
criminal contempt cases without a jury." Law
portal Contempt of cop
Contumacy Judicial discretion Lèse-majesté
Perjury Perverting the
course of justice...
- to
acknowledge the
independence of the Americans, and to
punish their contumacy by the
indefinite prolongation of a war
which promised to be eternal."...
- person,
before he can be punish'd,
ought to be present; and if
absent by
contumacy, he
ought to be
summoned and make default." Further, in 1824, we find...
- "unedifying" and even idolatrous. King
James I,
reacting against the
perceived contumacy of his
Presbyterian Scottish subjects,
adopted "No Bishop, no King" as...
-
wildly on the high mountains,
acted thence with the more
outrage and
contumacy. The
ground of
their late commotion, not to
mention the
savage genius...
-
cannot be
granted to
someone who
maintains contumacy, nor can it be
denied to
someone who
withdraws from
contumacy.
Catholicism portal Vatican City portal...
- a
censure is a
penalty imposed primarily for the
purpose of
breaking contumacy and
reintegrating the
offender in the community. The
ecclesiastical censures...
