contumacy

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Shelley and Sir William Sirs: Shelley was dismissed for contumacy.

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She was "busted" out of Bryn Mawr for "deplorable contumacy of conduct."

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"This is the most outrageous case of contumacy I have ever seen," bellowed Lawyer Rogge, obtaining a recess until March 20.

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Such contumacy he himself, or his commandant, shall answer for.

From King Eric and the Outlaws, Vol. 1 or, the Throne, the Church, and the People in the Thirteenth Century. Vol. I. by Ingemann, Bernhard Severin

If they refused to answer, they were punished for contumacy; if they complied, they were punished for Nonconformity.

From Memorials of the Independent Churches in Northamptonshire with biographical notices of their pastors, and some account of the puritan ministers who laboured in the county. by Coleman, Thomas