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Definitions of contumacy in various dictionaries:
noun - willful refusal to appear before a court or comply with a court order
noun - obstinate rebelliousness and insubordination
CONTUMACY - Contumacy is a stubborn refusal to obey authority or, particularly in law, the wilful contempt of the order or summons of a court (see contempt of co...
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My account could be seen as contempt of court |
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Obstinate or contemptuous resistance to authority stubborn rebelliousness. |
stubborn refusal to obey or comply with authority, especially disobedience to a court order or summons. |
Stubborn refusal to obey or comply with authority, especially disobedience to a court order or summons. |
obstinate rebelliousness and insubordination resistance to authority |
willful refusal to appear before a court or comply with a court order can result in a finding of contempt of court |
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Contumacy is a stubborn refusal to obey authority or, particularly in law, the wilful contempt of the order or summons of a court (see contempt of court). The term is derived from the Latin word contumacia, meaning firmness or stubbornness.In English ecclesiastical law, it was contempt of the authority of an ecclesiastical court and was dealt with by the issue of a writ from the Court of Chancery at the instance of the judge of the ecclesiastical court. This writ took the place of the de excommunicato capiendo in 1813, by an act of George III; see excommunication.In the U.S., while not expressly mentioned in the U.S. Constitution, the courts have long asserted an inherent power of judges to punish such refusal, which in this context is known as contempt of court. The U.S. Supreme Court recognized federal courts' inherent power to imprison a person for contumacy in United States v. Hudson & Goodwin without a reference to a definition of contumacy in common or statutory law. |