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Contumacy

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Noun

1. contumacy

willful refusal to appear before a court or comply with a court order; can result in a finding of contempt of court

2. contumacy

obstinate rebelliousness and insubordination; resistance to authority

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Contumacy

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noun plural -cies
1. 
obstinate and wilful rebelliousness or resistance to authority; insubordination; disobedience
2. 
the wilful refusal of a person to appear before a court or to comply with a court order

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Contumacy

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nounWord forms: plural ˈcontumacies
stubborn refusal to submit to authority, esp. that of a law court; insubordination; disobedience

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Contumacy

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n. pl. con·tu·ma·cies
Obstinate or contemptuous resistance to authority; stubborn rebelliousness.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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