Contumax
Defined in 6 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Ballentine's (1916), Bouvier (1914), Black's (1910), Black's (1891), Bouvier (1839)
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
One accused of a crime who refuses to appear and answer to the charge; an outlaw.
Ballentine's Law Dictionary
James A. Ballentine · 1916
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia
John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914
One accused of a crime who refuses to appear and answer to the charge. An outlaw. of a body with a large surface, which presents no loss of substance and no apparent wound. If the skin be divided, the injury takes the name of a contused wound. See 4 C. & P. 3S1, 55S, 5G5; 6 id. 684; Thomas, Med. Diet, sub v.; 2 Beck, Med. Jur.. 18, 23.
Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
A Dictionary of Law
Henry Campbell Black · 1891
One accused of a crime who refuses to appear and answer to the eharge. An outlaw.
A Law Dictionary, Adapted to the Constitution and Laws of the United States
John Bouvier · 1839
civ. law, one accused of a crime who refuses to appear and answer to the charge. An outlaw.