Contumacious in a sentence as an adjective

I'm a criminal lawyer and contempt in my domain has been contumacious or not at all.

> This procedure is often called “friendly contempt,” a recognition that the contemnor has not acted “with contumacious disregard for the court’s authority,” but requires a contempt finding and sanction for the purpose of obtaining appellate review. See Klaine v.

Contumacious definitions

adjective

wilfully obstinate; stubbornly disobedient; "a contumaceous witness is subject to punishment"