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Webster 1913 Edition

Infringement

In-fringe′ment

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Noun.
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.

Webster 1828 Edition

Infringement

INFRINGEMENT

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Noun.
infrinj'ment. Act of violating; breach; violation; non-fulfillment; as the infringement of a treaty, compact or other agreement; the infringement of a law or constitution.

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