| 单词 | to put in contumacy |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto put in contumacy 3. Law. Wilful disobedience to the summons or order of a court. †to put in contumacy: to pronounce (in legal form) contumacious. ΘΚΠ society > law > rule of law > lawlessness > specific offences > [noun] > disobedience to or contempt of court contumacyc1425 rebellion1446 praemunire1553 contempt1652 society > law > administration of justice > court proceedings or procedure > judging > conviction or judicial condemnation > convict or condemn [verb (transitive)] > pronounce a person to be in contumacy to put in contumacyc1425 contumacec1650 c1425 Wyntoun Cron. vii. viii. 764 For his [Balliol's] wylful contwmacy. 1483 W. Caxton tr. Caton A viij Holden for a rebelle..and put into contumacye. 1579 G. Fenton tr. F. Guicciardini Hist. Guicciardin iii. 181 To put the Duke of Myllan in contumacie, it were necessary to haue interpellacion. 1660 R. Coke Elements Power & Subjection 200 in Justice Vindicated If any of the King's tenure be called before their Ordinaries..if they be excommunicate for their manifest contumacy. 1855 W. H. Prescott Hist. Reign Philip II of Spain I. iii. iii. 352 They were pronounced guilty of contumacy in not obeying the summons of the council. < as lemmas |
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