INFRINGE
In*fringe", v. i.

1. To break, violate, or transgress some contract, rule, or law; to injure; to offend.

2. To encroach; to trespass; — followed by on or upon; as, to infringe upon the rights of another.

INFRINGEMENT
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.

INFRINGER
In*frin"ger, n.

Defn: One who infringes or violates; a violator. Strype.

INFRUCTUOSE
In*fruc"tu*ose", a. Etym: [L.infructuosus. See In- not, and Fruit.]

Defn: Not producing fruit; unfruitful; unprofitable. [R.] T. Adams.