Italy, Brazil) a contravention is a lesser offense, similar to an infraction or civil penalty in common law countries. A contravention in French criminal...

The Contraventions Act (French: Loi sur les contraventions) is a statute enacted by the federal Parliament of Canada. The official long title of the law...

Oxford Guide to Heraldry. Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-211658-4. Media related to Contravention of the rule of tincture at Wikimedia Commons...

The Code of the Russian Federation on Administrative Offenses (Russian: Кодекс Российской Федерации об административных правонарушениях, frequently abbreviated...

not legally binding. It issues warnings to attempt to prevent serious contraventions of the convention. The Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination...

Communion while attending Mass at Cherie Blair's Catholic church, in contravention of canon law. On 22 December 2007, it was disclosed that Blair had joined...

James began to give Catholics military and administrative offices, in contravention of the Test Acts that were designed to prevent such appointments. Anne...

Frederick, Duke of Sussex 27 January 1773 21 April 1843 (1) married in contravention of the Royal Marriages Act 1772, The Lady Augusta Murray; had issue;...

the "record is clear that Bush was aware that the United States, in contravention of its own stated policy, was trading arms for hostages". The Iran–Contra...

polymath, was slain at the conclusion of the siege by a Roman soldier, in contravention of the Roman proconsul Marcellus's instructions to spare his life. Sicily...

that these 21 self-styled, unrecognized institutions functioning in contravention of the UGC Act have been declared as fake and are not entitled to confer...

Football League for allegedly making illegal payments to players in contravention of FA rules – this punishment was reduced on appeal to a re-election...

Straits of Tiran to Israeli shipping, and blockaded the Gulf of Aqaba, in contravention of the Constantinople Convention of 1888. Many argued that this was...

offence involving dishonesty or they have been found guilty of the contravention of the Code of Conduct; They are an undischarged bankrupt, having been...

instigating fitna—sedition—by instituting slavery under its rule in contravention of the anti-slavery consensus of the Islamic scholarly community. The...

intervene and develop their own base of power in the hemisphere in contravention to the Monroe Doctrine. Roosevelt was a realist and a conservative....

that vehicles could be easily traced in the event of an accident or contravention of the law. Vehicle registration number plates in the UK are rectangular...

time was at least ₹1.5 billion (US$18 million). The sale was in direct contravention of § 51 of the Wakf Act which requires that any such sale of land should...

sexual partner at any one time, either as polyamory, polygamy or in contravention of convention. As such, the term sexual partner can be applied to both...

ul-Haq, continued to support the Afghan mujahideen even though it was a contravention of the Geneva Accords. At the beginning most observers expected the...

Tutaleni (meaning let’s watch in Oshiwambo) is an informal settlement on the northern outskirts of Walvis Bay, in the Erongo region of Namibia. Popularly...

Sharon and Ehud Olmert by expanding settlements in the West Bank, in contravention of the Road Map, but not building new ones. Anyone who wants to thwart...

Social-Democratic Party was supporting the German war effort, which was a direct contravention of the Second International's Stuttgart resolution that socialist parties...

and detained by General Decaen on the island from 1803 to 1810, in contravention of an order from Napoléon. During the Napoleonic Wars, Mauritius became...

register [as a sex offender] with the state of New Mexico." This was in contravention of federal law, which would seem to say that the conviction in Florida...

(1) 1793 (in contravention with the Royal Marriages Act 1772) Lady Augusta Murray; annulled 1794; had issue; (2) 1831 (again in contravention of the Act)...

registers of EU member state companies is no longer valid, as it is in contravention of articles 7 and 8 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European...

branches of government came under increased scrutiny for their apparent contravention of the doctrine of separation of powers—most notably in the Guernsey...

information regarding individuals or entities engaged in activities in contravention of United States or United Nations sanctions, and for other purposes...

of Prince Augustus Frederick, Duke of Sussex, whose marriage was in contravention of the Royal Marriages Act 1772 and therefore she was not allowed to...