infringement

[ in-frinj-muh nt ]

/ ɪnˈfrɪndʒ mənt /

a breach or infraction, as of a law, right, or obligation; violation; transgression.

an act of infringing.

Origin of infringement

First recorded in 1585–95; infringe + -ment

And Thomas Pink defeats Victoria's Secret in infringement lawsuit.

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In 1989, the National Treasury Employees Union challenged that law, arguing it was an infringement of the Fourth Amendment.

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We will not hesitate to launch an infringement procedure to make sure EU standards and obligations are fully respected.

Italian Migrants Sew Mouths Shut In Protest |Barbie Latza Nadeau |February 4, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
A lot has been said about the 'onerous' infringement of liberty that takes place when people are forced to purchase insurance.

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A patentee who assigns his patent cannot, when sued for infringement, contest the validity thereof.

Practical Pointers for Patentees |Franklin Cresee
I presume this will not be an infringement of the conditions under which you have acted?'

Red Gauntlet |Sir Walter Scott
Among these men there was a stringent code of honour, any infringement of which was punished by death.

A Study In Scarlet |Arthur Conan Doyle
The managers of the patent houses could not tolerate such an infringement of their rights.

Cornish Characters |S. Baring-Gould
Elizabeth had so strictly enforced this statute as to treat an infringement of it as a moral offence.

Nineteen Centuries of Drink in England |Richard Valpy French