- Look up
contumacy in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.
Contumacy is a
stubborn refusal to obey
authority or,
particularly in law, the
willful contempt of...
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island to
prepare its defence. In
February 1343
Peter declared James a
contumacious v****al and his
kingdom and
lands forfeit. The
legal process being terminated...
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leader Ashwini Kumar Upadhyay. He
noted that
while Reddy's
comments were "
contumacious" and that the
timing of his
letter was "suspect" as the
Andhra Pradesh...
- have
produced a
permanent schism any more than
excommunication of any "
contumacious bishop". The
schism began to
develop when all the
other Eastern patriarchs...
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Carlin wrote that
Elton John and Iggy Pop were
bemused by an extended,
contumacious Wilson-led
singalong of "Shortenin' Bread",
leading Pop to flee the room...
- of Congress,
requesting DOJ
prosecution of
Pagliano for
misdemeanor "
contumacious conduct." Backpage.com
March 17, 2016
Senate Homeland Security Permanent...
- fury, 11
hours later,
having grown before our eyes into a
vexed and
contumacious queen, a battle-axe and a
maniac monster of rage and cruelty ... even...
- to the
definitions of
innumerable predecessors of Ours.
Speaking of
contumacious heretics,
Saint John the
Evangelist says: "With heretics, do not break...
- and take away his
freedom (or money)
until he
purged himself of his
contumacious behavior. This
distinction helped preserve a
separation of
powers between...
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spiritual punishment imposed by the
Church on a baptized, delinquent, and
contumacious individual. This
punishment deprives the person,
either wholly or partially...
