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How to use contravened in a sentence

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They can only interfere with an act of executive authority if it be shown that the authority has contravened the law.
The parishes that object to the motion are accusing the church of acting schismatically and essentially of having contravened canon law.
Nevertheless, anyone who contravened the pirate law or code, would be dealt with viciously.
He appeared at Leeds Crown Court on Monday claiming the move contravened his human rights.
Hitler's orders completely contravened international laws, which he scorned.
The European Union has added its weight to the dispute echoing the UK's assertion that the action contravened international law.
It also found that the Migration Act contravened international law by barring any judicial review of detention.
I am not satisfied that they contravened the specific prohibition.
The right of individuals to privacy must not be contravened at the drop of a hat.
Bush 41, faced with a recession, rising debt and a war, contravened his own body-part-specific campaign pledge and raised taxes.
This conclusion is independent of whether the organ or official has contravened provisions of internal law or overstepped the limits of his authority.
He then considered the question of whether it was necessary to establish an intention to injure where the conspiracy involved action that contravened penal law.
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.
The fact that defamation of the President was a criminal offence contravened article 19 of the Covenant.
Clearly, this reply identifies the fact that some of the provisions in the licensing have been contravened, surpassed, or whatever.
He waged a war of aggression that contravened international law.
The Court of Cassation considered that the ban contravened previously adopted legislative amendments.
As regards today's discussion, there has been no proof to date that the company in question has contravened any of the rules.
The first one directly contravened at least one of the medical restrictions expressed by her doctor.
In so doing, it must make sure that the process remains fair and their rights are not contravened.
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Examples from Classical Literature
Had he contravened his fellows' unknown laws and so been hunted to his death?
Only in this way could statutes which contravened the Constitution be set aside.
The Trespass Act contravened this principle, and it also contravened the treaty.
It contravened in spirit and in detail much of what they understood by the Fourteen Points.
He went off to his mother in the violent state of a child when one of his fancies is contravened.
These claims could not be disregarded merely on the score that they contravened the scheme of established differentials.
In the case of married women, however, who contravened the marriage vow there were several penalties.
Would not the House have contravened the constitution, by taking from the President the power which by it is placed in him?
My lamps are all alight, and I have contravened no law, surely!
This is the more necessary where the frame of the government is so compounded that the laws of the whole are in danger of being contravened by the laws of the parts.
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