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Definition of Contravention
1. Noun. Coming into conflict with.
Generic synonyms: Resistance
Derivative terms: Contravene, Disputatious, Dispute
Definition of Contravention
1. n. The act of contravening; opposition; obstruction; transgression; violation.
Definition of Contravention
1. Noun. The act of contravening a rule, regulation, or law, or of not fulfilling an obligation, promise, or agreement. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Contravention
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Contravention
Literary usage of Contravention
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Appletons' Annual Cyclopædia and Register of Important Events of the Year (1886)
"That any person complaining of anything done or omitted to be done by any railroad
company or person in violation or contravention of this act mav, ..."
2. An Institute of the Law of Scotland: In Four Books : in the Order of Sir by John Erskine, James Ivory (1828)
"But the gran-ting of provisions to younger children, even moderate ones suitable
to the condition of the granter, has been adjudged a contravention ; Feb. ..."
3. A Treatise on the Specific Performance of Contracts by Edward Fry (1892)
"OF ACTS IN contravention OF THE CONTRACT. § 957. IN the last chapter we considered
cases in PABT in. which the plaintiff had disentitled himself by default ..."
4. A Treatise on the Law of Bills of Exchange, Promissory Notes, Bank-notes and by John Barnard Byles, Maurice Barnard Byles, Walter John Barnard Byles (1899)
"... agreement be at l>olicy- variance with the public interest, it is not void ;
it must be clearly and indubitably in contravention of public policy («). ..."
5. The History, Civil and Commercial, of the British Colonies in the West Indies by Bryan Edwards, Daniel M'Kinnen (1805)
"Their cruelties in the West Indies, in contravention of the treaty of 1630.—Proposals
offered by Modi/ford and Gage. —Forcible arguments of the latter. ..."
6. The History of the Virginia Federal Convention of 1788 by Hugh Blair Grigsby (1890)
"... sanctioned by seven Eastern States in direct contravention of the Articles of
Confederation, might well arouse the astonishment and anger of the West. ..."
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