contumacy
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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."
From Time Magazine Archive
"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
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
Flourens and Blanqui, condemned in contumacy, placarded their protestations.
From History of the Commune of 1871 by Lissagary, P.
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