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contravention|kɒntrəˈvɛnʃən|
[a. F. contravention (also contre- in Cotgr.), on L. type *contrāventiōn-em, n. of action f. contrāvenīre to contravene.]
The action of contravening or going counter to; violation, infringement, transgression.
1579Fenton Guicciard. xvi. (1599) 776 The Pope should be bound to..forgiue him the penaltie of contrauention. 1637–50Row Hist. Kirk (1842) 546 Saul did not personallie sweare to the Gibeonites, yet his contravention..plagued his subjects with three years famine. a1704Locke On Rom. viii. 7 A settled contravention to his precepts cannot be suffered by the..governor of the world. 1708Swift Abol. Chr. Wks. 1755 II. i. 91 Contraventions to the laws of the land. 1840Dickens Barn. Rudge (1849) 122/2 Offensive and undutiful, and in direct contravention of the church catechism. 1861Stanley East. Ch. viii. (1869) 267 From the contravention of the chronological order.
b. Sc. Law. (See quot.)
1861W. Bell Dict. Law Scot., Contravention..is most frequently applied to an act done by an heir of entail in opposition to the provisions of the deed..or to acts of molestation or outrage committed by a person in violation of lawborrows. |
