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What is a contravention?

What is a contravention? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. The act of contravening a rule, regulation, or law, or of not fulfilling an obligation, promise, or agreement.
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I am trying to think of an example of a contravention of this restraining order that would not turn upon presence in the premises.
These powers must be exercised on consideration of the likelihood of damage or distress caused by the contravention of the Act.
The contravention is complete when the conduct occurs for the proscribed purpose whether or not it achieves its objective.
If that is right, the contravention lies not in the nature of the implication but in the purpose of the regulation.
But the condition is that there is a reasonable belief that there has been a contravention of the law.
You are concerned to identify the contravention and what follows from the contravention.

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