Contravention
A New Law Dictionary and Glossary · Alexander M. Burrill · 1850
A New Law Dictionary and Glossary
In Scotch law
The act of breaking through any restraint imposed by deed, by covenant, or by a court. 1 Karnes* Equity, Pref, The action founded on the breach of law burrows. Ersk, Inst, b.
4, tit. 1, § 16.