Hypertext Webster Gateway: "infringement"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Infringement \In*fringe"ment\, n.
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. An encroachment on a patent, copyright, or other special
privilege; a trespass.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
infringement
n 1: an act that disregards an agreement or a right; "he claimed
a violation of his rights under the Fifth Amendment"
[syn: {violation}]
2: a crime less serious than a felony [syn: {misdemeanor}, {misdemeanour},
{infraction}, {offence}, {offense}, {violation}]
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