Contravention
Defined in 8 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Ballentine's (1916), Bouvier (1914), Black's (1910), Kinney (1893), Black's (1891), Burrill (1850), Bouvier (1839)
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
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.
Ballentine's Law Dictionary
James A. Ballentine · 1916
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia
John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914
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.
Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
In Frenoh 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 franca and by an imprisonment not exceeding three daya. Pen. Code, 1.
In Scotch law. The act of breaking through any restraint imposed by deed, by covenant, or by a court
A Law Dictionary and Glossary
George C. Kinney · 1893
In Scots law. The act of breaking through any restraint imposed by deed, covenant or court; an action founded on the breach of law burrows. Contraxisse unnsgnisqne in eo loco intelligitnr, in qao solveret se obligavit, i Every one is understood to have contracted in that place where he has bound himself to pay.
A Dictionary of Law
Henry Campbell Black · 1891
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.
A New Law Dictionary and Glossary
Alexander M. Burrill · 1850
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.
A Law Dictionary, Adapted to the Constitution and Laws of the United States
John Bouvier · 1839
French luw, is the 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 which is punished by a fine which does not exceed fifteen francs, and an imprisonment not exceeding three days. Counterfeit. This is a bookseller’s term, which signifies the offence of those who print or cause to be printed without lawful authority a book of which the author or his assigns havea copy right. Merl. Rép.h. t.