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

But all exceptions were disregarded in cases of contumacy, or of a person being taken in the actual commission of an offence.

From Secret Societies of the Middle Ages by Keightley, Thomas

In vain the Lords ordered him to give it up to Lord Warwick, and summoned him before them to explain his contumacy.

From The History of the Post Office From Its Establishment Down to 1836 by Joyce, Herbert