- 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...
- 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...
- try
criminal contempt cases without a jury." Law
portal Contempt of cop
Contumacy Judicial discretion Lèse-majesté
Perjury Perverting the
course of justice...
- a
censure is a
penalty imposed primarily for the
purpose of
breaking contumacy and
reintegrating the
offender in the community. The
ecclesiastical censures...
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Latin temnere contemn, contemnible, contempt, contemptible, contumacious,
contumacy, contumelious,
contumely tempor- time
Latin tempus,
temporis contemporaneous...
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Lucius III
issued the bull Ad
Abolendam (1184),
which condemned heresy as
contumacy toward ecclesiastical authority. The bull
Vergentis in
Senium in 1199...
