Contravention

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Contravention \Con`tra*ven"tion\, n. [Cf. F. contravention.]
     The act of contravening; opposition; obstruction;
     transgression; violation.
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           Warrants in contravention of the acts of Parliament.


                                                    --Macaulay.
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           In contravention of all his marriage stipulations.
                                                    --Motley.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  contravention
       n : coming into conflict with [syn: {dispute}]

From Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856) [bouvier]:

  CONTRAVENTION, French law. An act which violates the law, a treaty or an 
  agreement which the party has made. The Penal Code, art. 1, denominates a 
  contravention, that infraction of the law punished by a fine, which does not 
  exceed fifteen francs, and an imprisonment not exceeding three days.