"The fact that there are 30 or 50 people sitting around a table deciding the laws of the world's nations, when there are major areas of disagreement, seems like a wholesale contravention of the democratic process".
Very annoying, and a contravention of trading standards.
"It was in contravention of every known city regulation".
This is in clear contravention to what the Syrian government has already agreed".
(In contravention of stadium rules, Alex Salmond, the secessionist First Minister of Scotland, unfurled a Scottish flag).
Aid for the dam was linked to unrelated defence orders, in contravention to British policy.
Israel does not recognise its neighbour and currently occupies the territory in contravention of international law.
Contravention came to mean any act committed without criminal intent but forbidden by law.
By the letter of the law, it was a contravention of first-class regulations.
Regardless, why did the railroad allow these graffiti, in peculiar contravention of all custom?
