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What (who) is infraction - definition
CRIME THAT CAN BE PROCEEDED AGAINST SUMMARILY, WITHOUT THE RIGHT TO A JURY TRIAL AND/OR INDICTMENT
Infraction; Summary offense; Summary conviction; Infractions; Criminal citation; Petty crime; Summary conviction offence; Violation (crime); Civil citation; Summary conviction offences; Summary offences; Summary punishment; Petty offense; Petty offenses; Civil violation; Offences triable only summarily; Summary proceedings; Non-indictable offence; Petty conviction; Petty convictions; Petty crimes; Minor offense; Minor offenses; Summary offenses; Petty offence
infraction
n.
1) to commit an infraction
2) a minor infraction
Infraction
·noun The act of infracting or breaking; breach; violation; nonobservance; infringement; as, an infraction of a treaty, compact, rule, or law.
infraction
¦ noun chiefly Law a violation or infringement of a law or an agreement.
Derivatives
infractor noun
Origin
ME: from L. infractio(n-), from infringere (see infringe).
Wikipedia
Summary offence
A summary offence or petty offence is a violation in some common law jurisdictions that can be proceeded against summarily, without the right to a jury trial and/or indictment (required for an indictable offence).
Examples of use of infraction
1. Gore also was charged with a traffic infraction for speeding.
2. Women were whipped in public for the smallest infraction.
3. This may seem like a minor infraction, and perhaps it is.
4. Another serious infraction involved injecting drugs into the animals that had not been approved, Sandgren said.
5. "A traffic cop could accuse any driver of the slightest infraction.