Claire's willful refusal to go home to her husband, her lack of interest in keeping her appointments, answering her phone messages, pages, E-mail, are initially liberating.

Affirmative action, with its promise of government intervention to overcome the effects of discrimination, represented a willful refusal by blacks to accept "the main pattern of American history," the pattern of ever-expanding inclusiveness.

The willful refusal by one party to consummate the marriage will not usually be a ground for annulment since this is a question of behaviour rather than capacity and so becomes a matter for divorce.

Hence, most modern legal cases must now rely on the ground of the affected party's willful refusal to seek remedial treatment and deal with the case to reflect the fact that the marriage has not been consummated.

Judge Susan Webber Wright called his perjury "a willful refusal to obey this court's discovery orders."

Michael and Corazon Graves of Newark, Calif., believe they are paying a high price for what they see as the agency's willful refusal to correct its own error.

The law also prescribes penalties for any disclosure by the Census Bureau, or for a respondent's false reporting or willful refusal where response is mandatory.

And my solution to the problem is, I'm sorry to say, based on a willful refusal to choose one way or the other.

Consequently, a seaman can now recover both attorney's fees and punitive damages for the willful and wanton refusal of a shipowner to provide medical care to a seaman injured on the job.

"A motive for taking stupid risks, failing to take proper precautions, willful refusal to think things through-" "I'll allow it," I said.