contumacy

• When Coronal returned with accounts of Roldan's contumacy, the Adelantado proclaimed him and his followers traitors. —  The Life and Voyages of Christopher Columbus (Vol. II)
• Solicitor Cook moved that, the King having refused to plead either Guilty or Not Guilty, the rule for such cases of contumacy should be applied to him, his refusal taken pro confesso , and judgment pronounced. —  The Life of John Milton Vol. 3 1643-1649
• In case of contumacy or refusal to obey a subpoena served upon any person pursuant to this paragraph, the district court of the United States for any district in which such person is found or resides or transacts business, upon application by the United —  All Today's News - Sightline Daily
• Furious at this contumacy, the judge sentenced Brown to 18 months in prison and fined him $450 - the most severe sentence imposed on any offender under the Sedition Act. Benjamin Fairbanks, a wealthy farmer and a Democratic-Republican, was indicted with Brown as an accessory in erecting the liberty pole. —  ArchivesBlogs
• Upon being closely charged with contumacy, the severe replies of Mr. Saunders to the bishop, (who had before, to get the favour of Henry VIII. —  Fox's Book of Martyrs Or A History of the Lives, Sufferings, and Triumphant Deaths of the Primitive Protestant Martyrs

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