Contravention
A Dictionary of Law · Henry Campbell Black · 1891
A Dictionary of Law
In French law. An act which violates the law, a treaty, or an agreement which the party has made. That infraction of the law punished by a fine which does not exceed fifteen francs and by an imprisonment not exceeding three days.
Pen. Code, 1.
In Scotch law
The act of breaking through any restraint imposed by deed, by covenant, or by a court.