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

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Montrose mulcted the citizens heavily after the battle of Kilsyth in 1645, and three years later the provost and bailies were deposed for contumacy to their sovereign lord.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 1 "Gichtel, Johann" to "Glory" by Various

Even more remarkable as a manifestation of contumacy is the case of Guillem Garric, held in prison for complicity in the attempt to destroy the records at Carcassonne in 1284.

From A History of The Inquisition of The Middle Ages; volume II by Lea, Henry Charles