Plagiarism

The act of appropriating the ideas and language of another, and passing them for one's own. When this amounts to piracy, the party who has been guilty of it will be enjoined when the original author has a copyright. See "Clopyright;" "Piracy;" "Quotation;" Pardessus, Dr. Com. note. PLAGIARIUS (Lat.) In civil law. He who fraudulently concealed a freeman or slave who belonged to another. The offense itself was called plagium. It differed from larceny or theft in this, that larceny always implies that the guilty party intended to make a profit, whereas the plagiarius did not intend to make any profit.

Dig. 48. 15. 6; Code, 9. 20. 9. 15.

PLAGIUM (Lat.) Man stealing; kidnapping. This offense is the crim.en plagii of the Eomans.

Alls. Crim. Law, 280, 281.

PLAIDEUR (Old Fr.) A pleader; an advocate.