Contumacy /(kŏn"tū̇*mȧ*sy̆)/

Con·tu·ma·cy

Contumacy

n.

pl. Contumacies ((kŏn"tū̇*mȧ*sĭz))

  1. Stubborn perverseness; pertinacious resistance to authority.
    The bishop commanded him . . . to be thrust into the stocks for his manifest and manifold contumacy.
    — Strype.
  2. A willful contempt of, and disobedience to, any lawful summons, or to the rules and orders of court, as a refusal to appear in court when legally summoned. (Law)