n. 1. The act of infringing; breach; violation; nonfulfillment; as, the infringement of a treaty, compact, law, or constitution. [ 1913 Webster ]
The punishing of this infringement is proper to that jurisdiction against which the contempt is. Clarendon. [ 1913 Webster ]
2. An encroachment on a patent, copyright, or other special privilege; a trespass. [ 1913 Webster ]