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.
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