His contumacy caused the judge to hold him in contempt of court. From LearnThat.org.
Presumptive contumacy occurs when there is a strong presumption, though it is not certain, that the citation was served. From Wordnik.com. [The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 4: Clandestinity-Diocesan Chancery] Reference
The because of Mary's contumacy was not far to seek. From Wordnik.com. [The Bay State Monthly — Volume 2, No. 5, February, 1885] Reference
Parnassus upon your trial for sedition and contumacy. From Wordnik.com. [The Modern Scottish Minstrel, Volume II. The Songs of Scotland of the past half century] Reference
To this you answer by the words, contumacy, contumacy. From Wordnik.com. [A Philosophical Dictionary] Reference
The influences of the place would abash their contumacy. From Wordnik.com. [Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Volume 61, No. 376, February, 1847] Reference
Not from contumacy, O Athenians! nor disrespect toward you. From Wordnik.com. [Apology, Crito, and Phaedo of Socrates] Reference
Orders to press them for their contumacy were immediately sent down. From Wordnik.com. [The Press-Gang Afloat and Ashore] Reference
He, however, added to his contumacy by surviving until his ninety-second year. From Wordnik.com. [The Magnificent Montez From Courtesan to Convert] Reference
The penalties were fines, and for contumacy or grave offences, suspension or expulsion. From Wordnik.com. [Life in the Medieval University] Reference
An indictment was found, he did not appear; he was tried, in his absence, for contumacy. From Wordnik.com. [International Weekly Miscellany - Volume 1, No. 5, July 29, 1850] Reference
But his entertainer took not the contumacy of the young apprentice with so much patience. From Wordnik.com. [The Fair Maid of Perth] Reference
Thenardier, the head and leader, had been, through contumacy, likewise condemned to death. From Wordnik.com. [Les Miserables] Reference
Citta di Castello being in the same state of contumacy, he besieged that place; and Niccolo. From Wordnik.com. [The History of Florence] Reference
To this contumacy, however, succeeds a stupor which destroys their former quick-sightedness. From Wordnik.com. [Commentary on Genesis - Volume 2] Reference
Colonel Grahame, he did not dwell long in Tillietudlem, but was speedily expelled for his contumacy. From Wordnik.com. [Old Mortality] Reference
Thracians, who living wildly on the high mountains, acted thence with the more outrage and contumacy. From Wordnik.com. [The Reign of Tiberius, Out of the First Six Annals of Tacitus; With His Account of Germany, and Life of Agricola] Reference
The queen of Xerxes, king of Persia, is deposed for contumacy, and her crown is set upon the head of Esther. From Wordnik.com. [Introduction to the Old Testament] Reference
Mrs Dale must, in a degree, acknowledge herself to have been wrong, and ask to be forgiven for her contumacy. From Wordnik.com. [The Small House at Allington] Reference
Through theyr contumacy, I was now brought from my selfe, and neuerthelesse, I could not be satisfied by them. From Wordnik.com. [Hypnerotomachia The Strife of Loue in a Dreame] Reference
Willis (in "Mitred Abbeys") describes him as losing his pension and the chance of preferment on the score of contumacy. From Wordnik.com. [Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Gloucester [2nd ed.] A Description of Its Fabric and A Brief History of the Espicopal See] Reference
Consuls to enkindle the battle, so that the Veienti suffered the punishment for their contumacy as was mentioned previously. From Wordnik.com. [Discourses] Reference
For, by no contumacy of his, nor by any vain ostentation of a spirit of liberty ill-timed, did he court fame or urge his fate. From Wordnik.com. [The Reign of Tiberius, Out of the First Six Annals of Tacitus; With His Account of Germany, and Life of Agricola] Reference
He must be a man whose aims are not thwarted by a body out of perfect accord through frailty, nor by any contumacy of the spirit. From Wordnik.com. [The Early Middle Ages 500-1000] Reference
For I felt certain that whatever it was that they professed, their contumacy and inflexible obstinancy obviously demanded punishment. From Wordnik.com. [The Roman Empire, the Early Christian Martyrs and a Thought about the Martyrology] Reference
Here the matter was debated and ended in a feeble resolve, -- that, if this Captain Allen should persist in his contumacy and take Talbot to. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 06, No. 34, August, 1860] Reference
Minzeane and the Lord Borthwick, letters of excommunication had passed against the latter, on account of the contumacy of certain witnesses. From Wordnik.com. [The Abbot] Reference
She was always making excuses to consult him about my reading, and to confide in him her sufferings, as I learned, from my contumacy and temper. From Wordnik.com. [Uncle Silas] Reference
That which is revealed unto thee (Muhammad) from thy Lord is certain to increase the contumacy and disbelief of many of them. From Wordnik.com. [Propeller Most Popular Stories] Reference
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