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Webster 1913 Edition

Infringement

In-fringe′ment

,
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

,
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.

Definition 2025

infringement

infringement

English

Noun

infringement ‎(plural infringements)

  1. A violation or breach, as of a law.
    • 2011 September 18, Ben Dirs, “Rugby World Cup 2011: England 41-10 Georgia”, in BBC Sport:
      Georgia, ranked 16th in the world, dominated the breakdown before half-time and forced England into a host of infringements, but fly-half Merab Kvirikashvili missed three penalties.
  2. An encroachment on a right, a person, a territory, or a property.
    • 2008 February 27, Kira Cochrane, “How could it happen again?”, in The Guardian:
      As soon as it was suggested that it was considering the Swedish model – in which men are criminalised for buying sex, but the women working in prostitution are decriminalised – a slew of prominent male columnists started arguing against this infringement on a man's right to purchase a woman's body.

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