wilful refusal

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• wilful refusal — A refusal that is both intentional and unreasonable. Vermilye v Postal Telegraph Cable Co. 205 Mass 598, 91 NE 904. A wife s continued and persistent refusal to have sexual intercourse with her husband unless he wore a contraceptive sheath does… …   Ballentine's law dictionary

• refusal to receive telegram — See wilful refusal …   Ballentine's law dictionary

• refusal — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ absolute, adamant, blank (BrE), blunt, complete, flat, outright, point blank, utter ▪ the panel …   Collocations dictionary

• wilful — A word of several meanings, the meaning in the particular case often being influenced by the context. Spies v United States, 317 US 492, 87 L Ed 418, 63 S Ct 364. Voluntary, as distinguished from accidental. 21 Am J2d Crim L § 87. Intentional or… …   Ballentine's law dictionary

• wilful — adj. Wilful/willful is used with these nouns: ↑act, ↑child, ↑damage, ↑disobedience, ↑ignorance, ↑murder, ↑neglect, ↑obstruction, ↑perversity, ↑refusal …   Collocations dictionary

• wilful desertion of spouse — A desertion of one s spouse with evil intent and malice; a desertion in disregard of the duty to one s spouse. 27 Am J1st H & W § 437. As a ground for divorce: abandonment of one s spouse with an intent to terminate the marriage relation or an… …   Ballentine's law dictionary

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• contumacy — /ˈkɒntʃuməsi/ (say konchoohmuhsee) noun (plural contumacies) 1. stubborn perverseness or rebelliousness; wilful and obstinate resistance or disobedience to authority. 2. Law wilful refusal to obey an order of a court. {Middle English contumacie,… …  

• Omission (criminal) — In the criminal law, an omission, or failure to act, will constitute an actus reus (Latin for guilty act ) and give rise to liability only when the law imposes a duty to act and the defendant is in breach of that duty.DiscussionIn the criminal… …   Wikipedia

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• Divorce (in Moral Theology) —     Divorce (in Moral Theology)     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Divorce (in Moral Theology)     This subject will be treated here under two distinct heads: First, divorce in moral theology; second, divorce in civil jurisprudence.     The term… …   Catholic encyclopedia