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...

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...

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...

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

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...

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...

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

shipments had been uncovered, Bull was arrested for illegal arms dealing in contravention of UN Security Council Resolution 418 for arms export to South Africa...

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...

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...

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

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...

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...

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...

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

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

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...

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...

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...

weapons were stored on Okinawa, and sometimes in Japan itself, albeit in contravention of agreements between the two nations. Lacking the resources to fight...

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...

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

the PCV candidate for the upcoming presidential election. This was in contravention to the PCV’s 16th National Conference on March 17th, which declared...

blockade had subjected Gazans to collective punishment in 'flagrant contravention of international human rights and humanitarian law.' * "Israel and the...

did not disarm after the Israeli withdrawal from South Lebanon, in contravention of the UN Security Council resolution 1701. From 2006, the group's military...

walking the streets distributing rations to policemen and children in contravention of the curfew order. When warned that she was in danger of being struck...