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infringement|ɪnˈfrɪndʒmənt|
[f. infringe v.1 + -ment.]
The act or fact of infringing.
1. A breaking or breach (of a law, obligation, right, etc.); breach, violation.
Frequent in infringement of copyright or patent.
1628Wither Brit. Rememb. ii. 973 Which on his Justice may infringement bring. 1654H. L'Estrange Chas. I (1655) 61 The imbarque and stay of our ships at Blay by Lewes..was an infringement of the League. 1716Addison Freeholder No. 14 ad fin., It [is]..a great Infringement of the Liberties of the Subject. 1861W. Fairbairn Addr. Brit. Assoc., Watt was harassed by infringements of his patent, and lawsuits for the maintenance of his rights. 1878Lecky Eng. in 18th C. II. vii. 285 Resenting every attempt at equality as a kind of infringement of the laws of nature.
b. A breaking in, encroachment, or intrusion.
1673[R. Leigh] Transp. Reh. 108 They are manifest infringments on our liberty. 1741Butler Serm. Ho. Lords Wks. 1874 II. 263 Licentiousness is..a present infringement upon liberty. 1837H. Martineau Soc. Amer. III. 238 There is in this respect a dreadful infringement on human rights.
†2. Refutation; contradiction. Obs.
1593Nashe 4 Lett. Confut. 42 If you haue anie new infringement to destitute the inditement of forgerie that I bring against you. 1664H. More Myst. Iniq. vi. 15 Nor does the verb being in the plural number make any infringement to this Truth. |