Definitions for: Contumacy

[n] obstinate rebelliousness and insubordination; resistance to authority
[n] willful refusal to appear before a court or comply with a court order; can result in a finding of contempt of court

Webster (1913) Definition: Con"tu*ma*cy, n.; pl. Contumacies. [L. contumacia,
fr. contumax, -acis, insolent; prob. akin to contemnere to
despise: cf. F. contumace. Cf. Contemn.]
1. Stubborn perverseness; pertinacious resistance to
authority.

The bishop commanded him . . . to be thrust into the
stocks for his manifest and manifold contumacy.
--Strype.

2. (Law) A willful contempt of, and disobedience to, any
lawful summons, or to the rules and orders of court, as a
refusal to appear in court when legally summoned.

Syn: Stubbornness; perverseness; obstinacy.

See Also: disobedience, insubordination, noncompliance, rebelliousness

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