contumacy - Meaning and Examples

Meaning of 'contumacy' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Contumacy

[ n.]

- Stubborn perverseness; pertinacious resistance to authority.
- 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.

Nearby Words:

con con- conacre conarium conation conative conatus concamerate concameration concatenate

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