stubborn rebelliousness or contumacy (which exists in English, albeit a rate word, and which means all of the above)

Contumacy \Con"tu*ma*cy\, n.; pl. {Contumacies}. [L. contumacia, fr. contumax, -acis, insolent; prob. akin to contemnere to despise: cf. F. contumace. Cf. {Contemn}.] 1. Stubborn perverseness; pertinacious resistance to authority.
The bishop commanded him . . . to be thrust into the stocks for his manifest and manifold contumacy. --Strype.

2. (Law) A willful contempt of, and disobedience to, any lawful summons, or to the rules and orders of court, as a refusal to appear in court when legally summoned.

Syn: Stubbornness; perverseness; obstinacy.

From WordNet (r) 1.6 (wn)
contumacy n 1: willful refusal to appear before a court or comply with a court order 2: obstinate rebelliousness and insubordination; resistance to authority
(Webster)

hope it helps

paola l m

sorry, I meant "in contumacy". As an aside, knowledge of Latin and Italian also tells me that "in contumacia" means that the person charged was not present at the trial and at the conviction.

regards

paola l m

Supposing that we have "condamné a" before "mort par contumace"