How To Use Contumacy In A Sentence

  • But the King was still determined "never to acknowledge the independence of the Americans, and to punish their contumacy by the indefinite prolongation of a war which promised to be eternal.
  • These insults… his contumacy… this behavior was the last straw!
  • “Yes, yes,” continued the Frenchwoman, with angry volubility, “what has she done that you call contumacy and disrespect? The Evil Guest
  • As is pointed out in the cases cited, there is no statutory definition of contumacy.
  • He says he had ordered for execution such as persevered in their profession after repeated warnings, "as not doubting, whatever it was they professed, that at any rate contumacy and inflexible obstinacy ought to be punished. The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 03
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  • But the King was still determined "never to acknowledge the independence of the Americans, and to punish their contumacy by the indefinite prolongation of a war which promised to be eternal.
  • Punishment for refusing to comply with a court order, such as an injunction against violation of a regulation or operating without a license, is a different power, the power to punish for contumacy, not a necessary and implied power of the Commerce Clause. The Volokh Conspiracy » The proper understanding of “Necessary and Proper”:
  • Presumptive contumacy occurs when there is a strong presumption, though it is not certain, that the citation was served. The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 4: Clandestinity-Diocesan Chancery
  • For I felt certain that whatever it was that they professed, their contumacy and inflexible obstinancy obviously demanded punishment. The Roman Empire, the Early Christian Martyrs and a Thought about the Martyrology
  • Now there is a problem in that the Framers did not include a power to punish for contumacy. The Volokh Conspiracy » The proper understanding of “Necessary and Proper”:
  • As to contumacity, the writer was probably unaware that contumacy existed. Formations.
  • He is, therefore, summoned to their presence, and prompt obedience will insure him forgiveness; but in case of contumacy, let him beware how he again essays either the lyre or the pallet. Saint Ronan's Well
  • Sometimes, indeed, he is outrageous, as when he suggests that the mere act of believing or accepting the Christian message is a manifestation of human pride, self-will, contumacy, and sin.
  • As he resisted all Davies's attempts to enlighten him, and met his master's threats with a stedfastness which these friends to liberty called contumacy, the alternative was dismissal from his present service, without any remuneration for his past. The Loyalists, Vol. 1-3 An Historical Novel
  • That which hath been revealed unto thee from thy Lord is certain to increase the contumacy and disbelief of many of them, and We have cast among them enmity and hatred till the Day of Resurrection.
  • What so reasonable as that we should be punished for our pride and contumacy, by a judgment specially calculated to abate and bend that spirit of surquedry? The Betrothed
  • `Archie, I have suffered your contumacy for longer than I care to think about. MURDER IN E MINOR
  • Bread and the circus are freely given to the deserving, and as for the undeserving, they are merely reaping the rewards of their contumacy and pride. A REVIEW

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