contumace (s.xiii3/4)
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contumace (s.xiii3/4)

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[ FEW: 2/ii,1125a contumacia; Gdf: 2,284c contumace 1; GdfC: 9,188b contumace 1; TL: 2,814 contumace; DEAF:  contumace; DMF:  contumace; TLF:  contumace contumax; OED:  contumace n. / contumacy n.; MED:  contumacie n.; DMLBS: 476c contumacia ]
contumaci,  contumacie,  contumassie  

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1lawcontumacy (recalcitrance to legal authority): 
( s.xiii3/4; MS: s.xiii3/4 )  contumace ceo est fere acontre autorité de ses sovereins  208rb
( s.xiiiex; MS: s.xiv1/3 )  tiex futifs forfunt par lur contumace le reaume, le pais […] e tote manere de droit  125
( 1315 )  de quele roberie il fut endité et par sa contumacie utlaghé  Ed II xvii 164
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