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housebreaking

housebreaking n. 破门入户罪 指怀着犯重罪的意图闯入他人住宅或其他建筑物的犯罪。在英格兰,这一「破门入户罪」已经在1968年为制定法上的夜盗罪所取代,但在苏格兰法中,这一罪名仍然存在。在美国,「破门入户」系夜盗罪的构成要件之一。 (→burglary)

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breaking a patent

breaking a patent. The act of demonstrating that a patent is invalid or unenforceable because it was used unlawfully by the patentee (esp. in violation of antitrust laws), or improperly issued by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office because of fraud, the existence of prior art, or any other barrier to proper issuance. • Defendants

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breaking

breaking, n. Criminal law. In the law of burglary, the act of entering a building without permission. [Cases: Burglary 9(1). C.J.S. Burglary §§ 11–12, 14–16, 20.] “[T]o constitute a breaking at common law, there had to be the creation of a breach or opening; a mere trespass at law was insufficient. If the occupant of

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