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infringement |
2 definitions found 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 1.6 [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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