| They can only interfere with an act of executive authority if it be shown that the authority has contravened the law. |
| Only in this way could statutes which contravened the Constitution be set aside. |
| The European Union has added its weight to the dispute echoing the UK's assertion that the action contravened international law. |
| The parishes that object to the motion are accusing the church of acting schismatically and essentially of having contravened canon law. |
| The right of individuals to privacy must not be contravened at the drop of a hat. |
| Several newspapers last week displayed a lack of taste and discretion which was, frankly, ghoulish and surely contravened two clauses of the editors' code of practice. |
