Infringement /(?)/

In·fringe·ment

Infringement

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.
  2. An encroachment on a patent, copyright, or other special privilege; a trespass.