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Plagiarism

Defined in 5 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Ballentine's (1916), Bouvier (1914), Black's (1910), Anderson (1889)

The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary

Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922

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.

Ballentine's Law Dictionary

James A. Ballentine · 1916

The adoption of another's literary composition or artistic production and publication thereof as an original composition or publication.

Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia

John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914

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 Copyright; Piracy; Quotation. PLAGIARIUS (Lat.). In Civil Law. lie who fraudulently concealed a freeman or slave who belonged to another. The offence 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 plagiatius did not intend to make any profit. Dig. 48. 15. 6; Code 9. 20. 9. 15. PLAGIUM (Lat.). Man-stealing; kidnapping. 'This offence is the crimen plagii of the Romans. Alison, Cr. L. 280.

Black's Law Dictionary

Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910

The act of appropriating the literary composition of another or parts or passages of his writings or the ideas or language of the same, and passing them off as the product of one's own mind.

A Dictionary of Law

William C. Anderson · 1889

See Pibact, 3.