0 present participle of contravene --
1 to do something that a law or rule does not allow, or to break a law or rule: --
They are contravening assurances given when the grant-related expenditure assessments were introduced.
We have done everything in our power to minimise the financial confusion without contravening the law.
There is no clear age above which a tattooist may tattoo a person without contravening the law.
The maximum penalty for aiding and abetting an alien in contravening his landing conditions is a fine of £100 or six months' imprisonment.
If he does enter the country is he contravening the original order for deportation?
Whatever he does to secure a dog, if it is at liberty to go freely about the premises the handler will be contravening the clause.
The maximum penalty on summary conviction for contravening or failing to comply with the regulations is a fine of £100.
Whatever other punishment may be imposed upon him, he ought to forfeit any profit he may have made by contravening the law.
