Contravene means to 'go against'.
So, 'he contravened a law' would mean he went against (or broke) a law.
The boy contravened the orders of his mother.
He contravened the conditions of his parole; therefore, he must return to prison.
People answer both yes and no to this question. At best it is an opinion, neither supported not contravened by argument.
The attack upon Pearl Harbor occurred before the formal Japanese declaration of war .
The French abandoned the policy of assimilation partly because the policy itself contravened with their original pre-occupations of their colonial policy in several ways
In a 6-3 vote, the Court concluded that the searches of Ybarra and the seizure of what was in his pocket contravened the Fourth and Fourteenth Amendments. Accordingly, the judgment was reversed, and the case remanded to the Appellate Court of Illinois, Second District. Voting with the majority were Justices Brennan, Stewart, White, Marshall, Powell and Stevens.
There was an Anschluss (Joining together) with Austria. The Occupation of the Sudetenland, an area of Czechoslovakia populated by Germans, Followed by the occupation of Czechoslovakia itself & then Poland. He had also re militarised the Rhineland, that is move part of his army into the area between the R Rhine & France, which contravened the Versailles treaty.
The French thought that they should preserve the traditional institutions of the local people, instead of allowing communities to evolve separately from mainstream society.
Legion Fever is the more severe of the infection and causes pnumonia. People suffer from coughs, chills, headache, tiredness, loss of appetite. loss of co- ordination and vomiting. There is also loss of Renal function and Liver function. The bacteria has been found in between 40% and 60% of Cooling Towers in public places. Health and Safery Regulations are contravened leading to prosecution when deaths occur
well i dont think theres a precise term but it would be realted to censoring news etc for propgandoral purposes, maybe realted to the official secreats acts Certainly in UK it's called a 'D' Notice. It is adhered to rigidly, and I imagine any editor who contravened one would be unlikely to see daylight again.
Anglican Catholic Answer!Henry didn't of course turn England protestant or turn protestant himself.What Henry did, for whatever reason, was to query the right of the papacy to interfere in another bishop's see! Pointing out that whoever did so contravened the Canons of Nicea and broke the basic rules of the Church!To adhere to the rules of the Ecumenical Councils is not to become protestant, to abandon the teaching of the Church is to become a heretic! Henry abandoned no rules or teaching!
The Iran-Contra affair violated the Reagan administration's official policy of not negotiating with terrorists, as it involved secret arms sales to Iran, which was then considered a state sponsor of terrorism. Additionally, it contravened the Boland Amendment, which prohibited the use of U.S. funds to support Nicaraguan Contra rebels fighting the Sandinista government. This covert operation undermined congressional authority and raised significant legal and ethical questions about executive power.