contradiction of the law

Quickly establishing a reputation as a local "bushwacker," Sanders wreaked havoc with local 'Rebel' civilians-many of whom were his own neighbors-who accused him of stealing their horses, cattle and other possessions in contradiction of the laws of war.

Though this system could work before the introduction of money, Marx argued in Theories of Surplus Value that Locke's system would break down and claimed money was a contradiction of the law of nature on which private property was founded.

But a young man in the company, taking his pipe out of his mouth, said that it was a plain contradiction of the law of God, which he quoted, and if they did not have some such regulation, vessels would run in there to tar, and rig, and paint, and they would have no Sabbath at all.