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Contumacy \Con"tu*ma*cy\ (k[o^]n"t[-u]*m[.a]*s[y^]), n.; pl.
{Contumacies} (k[o^]n"t[-u]*m[.a]*s[i^]z). [L. contumacia,
fr. contumax, -acis, insolent; prob. akin to contemnere to
despise: cf. F. contumace. Cf. {Contemn}.]
1. Stubborn perverseness; pertinacious resistance to
authority.
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The bishop commanded him . . . to be thrust into the
stocks for his manifest and manifold contumacy.
--Strype.
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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.
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