n. 拒不服从, 反抗权威

[法] 不听法院命令, 藐视法庭

Contumacy \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.