contravention

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

contravention
    n 1: coming into conflict with [syn: {dispute}, {contravention}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

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 Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856)

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.

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