INFRINGEMENT

infringement. Infringement, n. a violation, breach, transgression

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In‐fringe″ment (?), n. 1. 1. The act of infringing; breach; violation; nonfulfillment; as, the infringement of a treaty, compact, law, or constitution.
The punishing of this infringement is proper to that jurisdiction against which the contempt is. Clarendon. 2. 2. An encroachment on a patent, copyright, or other special privilege; a trespass.