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Definition of Contumacies

Contumacies
Contumacy Con"tu*ma*cy, n.; pl. Contumacies. [L. contumacia, fr. contumax, -acis, insolent; prob. akin to contemnere to despise: cf. F. contumace. Cf. Contemn.] 1. Stubborn perverseness; pertinacious resistance to authority. The bishop commanded him . . . to be thrust into the stocks for his manifest and manifold contumacy. --Strype. 2. (Law) A willful contempt of, and disobedience to, any lawful summons, or to the rules and orders of court, as a refusal to appear in court when legally summoned. Syn: Stubbornness; perverseness; obstinacy.

Meaning of Contumacies from wikipedia

- 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...
- Latin temnere contemn, contemnible, contempt, contemptible, contumacious, contumacy, contumelious, contumely tempor- time Latin tempus, temporis contemporaneous...
- to acknowledge the independence of the Americans, and to punish their contumacy by the indefinite prolongation of a war which promised to be eternal."...
- "unedifying" and even idolatrous. King James I, reacting against the perceived contumacy of his Presbyterian Scottish subjects, adopted "No Bishop, no King" as...
- 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...
- try criminal contempt cases without a jury." Law portal Contempt of cop Contumacy Judicial discretion Lèse-majesté Perjury Perverting the course of justice...
- 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...
- withdrawn from contumacy according to the norm of ⇒ can. 1347, §2; it cannot be denied, however, to a person who withdraws from contumacy. "Canon 1342.2"...