"CONTUMACY - The refusal or neglect of a party accused to appear and answer to a charge preferred against him in a court of justice. This word is derived from the Latin contumacia, disobedience.

Contumacy is of two kinds, actual and presumed: Actual contumacy is when the party before the court refuses to obey some order of the court; Presumed contumacy is the act of refusing or declining to appear upon being cited.

CONTUMAX - One accused of a crime who refuses to appear and answer to the charge. An outlaw." -- 'Lectric Law Library, http://www.lectlaw.com/def/c306.htm.