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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: contumacy n 1: willful refusal to appear before a court or comply with a court order 2: obstinate rebelliousness and insubordination; resistance to authority
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