01 n. Stubborn perverseness; pertinacious resistance to authority.
pl.
Contumacies ((kŏn"tū̇*mȧ*sĭz))
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1.
Stubborn perverseness; pertinacious resistance to authority.“The bishop commanded him . . . to be thrust into the stocks for his manifest and manifold contumacy.” — Strype.
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2.
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.(Law)
Syn.
Stubbornness; perverseness; obstinacy.