civil law, a contravention is a lesser offense, similar to an infraction or civil penalty in common law countries. Look up contravention in Wiktionary...

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

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...

Look up contravention in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. In French criminal law, a contravention is the least serious among three categories of offenses...

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...

crimes: Wild life crime: Illegal wildlife trade in endangered species in contravention to the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Fauna...

prior to competing on the show such as past recording contracts in contravention of the rules, and undisclosed criminal charges. Voting has been the...

Samsun on May 19, Mustafa Kemal started the Turkish National Movement in contravention to his orders, an act that would lead to the Turkish War of Independence...

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

area's symbolic value for Jews. Israel has controversially, and in contravention of international law, established numerous Jewish settlements throughout...

scientists define smuggling as the purposeful movement across a border in contravention to the relevant legal frameworks. There are various motivations to smuggle...

increasing severity: contraventions, délits, and crimes. The latter two categories are determined by the legislature, while contraventions are the responsibility...

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...

which is now the longest military occupation in modern history, and in contravention of international law has been constructing large settlements there that...

Polizeigericht) is the traffic court and trial court which tries minor contraventions in the judicial system of Belgium. It is the lowest Belgian court with...

of brutal and ineffective torture techniques during his tenure, in contravention of international law, something which he has repeatedly denied. In February...

as he held New Zealand citizenship at the time of his election in contravention of Section 44 of the Constitution of Australia. Julie Bishop would act...

who 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...

times. In 1930, he was sent to jail for 12 years by the British for contravention of the salt laws. He was jailed again for one year in November 1940...

King's eldest son George, Prince of Wales, married privately and in contravention of this Act the twice-widowed Maria Anne Fitzherbert, a practising Catholic...

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

Cambridge, a male-line grandson of George III. As the couple married in contravention of the Royal Marriages Act 1772, their marriage was not recognised under...

US embassy in India and asking him to stop the drops which were in contravention of US public policy. Indian forces have surrounded you. Your Air Force...

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

constraints. In practice the dollar had been floating in this way, in contravention of the articles of an agreement of the IMF, after the Nixon shock in...

briefly cruised around the islands, before heading back to Europe, in contravention of Napoleon's orders. The returning French fleet was intercepted by...

George III. They married on 4 April 1793 in Rome. Their union was in contravention of the Royal Marriages Act 1772 because the Prince had not asked his...

court's approach has been that no court has ever ruled a law to be in contravention of Section 116, and the provision has played only a minor role in Australian...