CONTRAVENTION. In French law. An act which violates the law, a treaty, or an agreement which the party has made. That infraction of the law punished by a fine which does not exceed fifteen francs and by an imprisonment not exceeding three days. Pen. Code, 1.

others, which is termed ‘general average.” 3 Kent, Comm. 232-244; 1 Story, Eq. Jur. § 490.