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Infraction
(redirected from Civil Infraction)

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Violation or infringement; breach of a statute, contract, or obligation.

The term infraction is frequently used in reference to the violation of a particular statute for which the penalty is minor, such as a parking infraction.


INFRACTION. The breach of a law or agreement; the violation of a compact. In the French law this is the generic expression to designate all actions which are punishable by the code of France.


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Additionally, the plan would seek to apply tougher and more flexible enforcement by establishing non-criminal civil infractions for solid waste violations, calling for civil fines of up to $5,000 for most transport and disposal violations, with a fine of $10,000 for repeat offenders.
Discussion with sheriff's deputy; options on housing rehabilitation loan funds; proposed civil infraction ordinance.
In Los Angeles, the city code considers posting an illegal sign a civil infraction, rather than a criminal offense.
 
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