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.