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Перевод: contumacious

[прилагательное]
упрямый; неподчиняющийся; непокорный; упорный; не являющийся на вызов суда; не подчиняющийся распоряжению суда

Тезаурус:

1. Some enthusiastic Christians courted martyrdom by smashing religious images or, under cross-examination, appearing contumacious, dissident, and disrespectful to the governor.
2. The prince said he would do so only at the head of an army of 60,000 men; the parlement pronounced him a contumacious vassal, and sentenced him to loss of the duchy.
3. These considerations will suffice to save Anselm from the charge of contumacious neglect of recent papal policy.
4. In Landeur v Comins Co (a firm) (1991) The Times, 7 August, the Court of Appeal observed that in cases of contumacious conduct, such as deliberate suppression of a document, striking out can be justified even if a fair trial of the action is still possible.