contradictoire, adj., contradictory; inconsistent, conflicting. Jugement —; judgment after the hearing of all parties concerned.
contradictoirement (-toar-mān), adv., contradictorily; inconsistently.
*contraignable, adj., (jur.) compellable, constrainable. — par corps; attachable, liable to arrest.
*contraignant, -e, adj., compelling, compulsive; troublesome.
contraindre (contraignant, contraint), v.a., to constrain, to compel, to force, to make, to drive, to necessitate, to impel, to oblige by force; to put a constraint upon; to restrain; to squeeze, to pinch, to cramp, to straiten; (jur.) to attach, to arrest for debt.
se contraindre, v.r., to constrain oneself, to refrain, to forbear.
contraint, -e, adj., forced, stiff, unnatural, affected; cramped, constrained.
contrainte, n.f., constraint, compulsion, coercion; restraint. Parler sans —; to speak freely. Avec —; restrainedly. — par corps; arrest for debt. Jugement de — par corps; capias.
contraire, adj., contrary, opposite, adverse; repugnant, inconsistent; opposed, against; hurtful, bad, prejudicial, not good for. Le vin vous est —; wine is bad for you.
contraire, n.m., contrary, opposite, reverse. Au —; on the contrary, on the other hand. Tout au —; bien au —; quite the contrary, quite the reverse. Aller au — d’une chose, d’une personne; to go or speak against a thing, a person.