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  Old 10-22-2007, 09:13 AM canarymoon is online now     #13 (permalink)  
 
Perhaps your dictionaary is inadequate

An Infraction in legal sense (minor offense, minor violation, petty offense, or frequently citation, sometimes used as synonymous with violation, regulatory offense, welfare offense, or contravention) is a "petty" violation of the law less serious than a misdemeanor.
Typically, an infraction is a violation of a rule or local ordinance or regulation.