[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

contravention \con`traven"tion\, n. cf. f. contravention.
   the act of contravening; opposition; obstruction;
   transgression; violation.
   1913 webster

         warrants in contravention of the acts of parliament.
                                                  --macaulay.
   1913 webster

         in contravention of all his marriage stipulations.
                                                  --motley.
   1913 webster

[2] : WordNet (r) 2.0

contravention
     n : coming into conflict with syn: dispute
see also:
dispute 

[3] : Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856)

contravention, french law. an act which violates the law, a treaty or an 
agreement which the party has made. the penal code, art. 1, denominates a 
contravention, that infraction of the law punished by a fine, which does not 
exceed fifteen francs, and an imprisonment not exceeding three days. 

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