Literary notes about Contravene (AI summary)
The term contravene is frequently used in literature to indicate an act of going against or violating an established rule, law, or accepted principle. In legal and formal contexts, authors employ it to describe actions that oppose higher authority—as when laws must not contravene constitutional limits [1, 2, 3] or when treaties are upheld against conflicting measures [4, 5]. Philosophically, it is used to highlight paradoxes in nature and thought, as illustrated in Emerson’s observation that nature, while consistently reliable, may seem to contravene its own laws [6]. Beyond legal and philosophical treatises, the word appears in narrative voices, illustrating personal defiance or the act of contradicting fate and social expectations [7, 8].
- But they are dead letters if they contravene the Constitution of the U. S. or attempt to execute any of its requirements.
— from Letters and Literary Memorials of Samuel J. Tilden, v. 2 by Samuel J. (Samuel Jones) Tilden - The law can not prevent him from making any contracts he chooses with them, provided he does not contravene the law of the land itself.
— from Arguments before the Committee on Patents of the House of Representatives, conjointly with the Senate Committee on Patents, on H.R. 19853, to amend and consolidate the acts respecting copyrightJune 6, 7, 8, and 9, 1906. by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Patents - The treaty in question does not contravene any prohibitory words to be found in the Constitution.
— from The Constitution of the United States of America: Analysis and InterpretationAnnotations of Cases Decided by the Supreme Court of the United States to June 30, 1952 - But these rules are not to contravene any treaty.
— from International Law by George Grafton Wilson - *** In their intense hostility to our Government, they are determined to contravene its wishes to the best of their ability."
— from A Century of Dishonor A Sketch of the United States Government's Dealings with Some of the Indian Tribes by Helen Hunt Jackson - Nature is always consistent, though she feigns to contravene her own laws.
— from Essays by Ralph Waldo Emerson by Ralph Waldo Emerson - I saw it was useless to argue with him: his features were stamped with despair, and to contravene a man's fate is impossible.
— from Confessions of a Thug by Meadows Taylor - The chevalier became the fashion, and it was considered bad form to contravene his taste.
— from The World's Greatest Books — Volume 09 — Lives and Letters
