Infringement vs Usurpation - What's the difference?
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a violation or breach, as of a law
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, year=2011
, date=September 18
, author=Ben Dirs
, title=Rugby World Cup 2011: England 41-10 Georgia
, work=BBC Sport
an encroachment on a right, a person, a territory, or a property
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, year=2008
, date=February 27
, author=Kira Cochrane
, title=How could it happen again?
, work=The Guardian
The wrongful seizure of something by force, especially of sovereignty or other authority.
Trespass onto another's property without permission.
Infringement is a related term of usurpation.
As nouns the difference between infringement and usurpation
is that infringement is a violation or breach, as of a law while usurpation is the wrongful seizure of something by force, especially of sovereignty or other authority.infringement
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(en noun)citation, page= , passage=Georgia, ranked 16th in the world, dominated the breakdown before half-time and forced England into a host of infringements , but fly-half Merab Kvirikashvili missed three penalties.}}
citation, page= , passage=As soon as it was suggested that it was considering the Swedish model – in which men are criminalised for buying sex, but the women working in prostitution are decriminalised – a slew of prominent male columnists started arguing against this infringement on a man's right to purchase a woman's body. }}
