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

She was "busted" out of Bryn Mawr for "deplorable contumacy of conduct."

From Time Magazine Archive

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

From Time Magazine Archive

Charlevoix relates an amusing instance of the governor's contumacy.

From The Monarchs of the Main, Volume I (of 3) Or, Adventures of the Buccaneers by Thornbury, Walter

So, then, here was a strike of farm-hands and open contumacy, but Krzycki was helpless.

From Whirlpools A Novel of Modern Poland by Sienkiewicz, Henryk