contumacy
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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.
From Time Magazine Archive
Shelley and Sir William Sirs: Shelley was dismissed for contumacy.
From Time Magazine Archive
She was "busted" out of Bryn Mawr for "deplorable contumacy of conduct."
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He disdained to obey the summons, and his excommunication for contumacy was published in all the churches of Paris.
From A History of The Inquisition of The Middle Ages; volume II by Henry Charles Lea
Yes, sir; I know that you would not, for any thing, show contumacy; and that you will allow me, like a reasonable man, to execute the orders I have received.
From French Classics by William Cleaver Wilkinson
Their contentions, contumacies and pretensions were accordingly manifold.
From History of Friedrich II of Prussia — Volume 03 by Thomas Carlyle
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