English-Thai Dictionary
contumacy
N การ ดื้อรั้น insubordination disobedience kan-due-ran
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
CONTUMACY
n.[L.] 1. Stubbornness; unyielding obstinacy; inflexibility.
2. In law, a wilful contempt and disobedience to any lawful summons or order of court; a refusal to appear in court when legally summoned, or disobedience to its rules and orders.
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
CONTUMACY
Con "tu *ma *cy, n.; pl. Contumacies. Etym: [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 )
Defn: 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.
New American Oxford Dictionary
contumacy
con tu ma cy |kənˈt (y )o͞oməsē, ˈkänt (y )əməsē ˈkɑntjʊməsi | ▶noun archaic or Law stubborn refusal to obey or comply with authority, esp. a court order or summons. ORIGIN Middle English: from Latin contumacia ‘inflexibility, ’ from contumax (see contumacious ).
Oxford Dictionary
contumacy
contumacy |ˈkɒntjʊməsi | ▶noun [ mass noun ] archaic or Law stubborn refusal to obey or comply with authority, especially disobedience to a court order or summons. ORIGIN Middle English: from Latin contumacia ‘inflexibility ’, from contumax (see contumacious ).
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