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Notwithstanding the vfd and transwiki listed below, this article is wrong, or rather jurisdictionally biased. It appears that in the main authror's jurisdiction, infraction is a specfic type of crime, but that is not true elsewhere. Furthermore, infraction in the US is used extensively by many jursidictions in a very different sense than this article shows. Changes are coming, so page watchers, watch out. Manney 13:26, 26 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Huh? What is the other sense that it's used in? Are the "many jurisdictions" you refer to outside of the US and the Commonwealth? Thesmothete 15:40, 26 August 2006 (UTC) -- also see this talk page for some further discussion Thesmothete 15:51, 26 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]
That discussion covers all of my concerns...I don't know that I have much to add. Where I practice "infraction" is simply synonymous with "violation," and has no connection to jail time or municiple codes or administrative regulations. Manney 21:56, 29 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

The U.S. section definitely needs some cleaning up. Are there any jurisdictions where a civil infraction is considered criminal? My jurisdiction's highest court has said that they emphatically are not. I don't know how appropriate a fifty-state-survey would be for a Wikipedia article, but I'd be interested to get input from practitioners in states other than MI, IL, or MA. 24.61.232.253 (talk) 11:32, 21 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

This 'infraction' definition is overwriting the definition of 'Infringement', while the link to 'infraction' is treated as blank. While it plays nicely into the idea of an anti-gun conspiracy screwing with the definition of 'infringement', I'd appreciate it someone would fix this thing. - Mike Lorrey

edited to fix inaccuracy

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The article previously said all infractions require only proof by a preponderance of the evidence as opposed to beyond a reasonable doubt. This is not accurate as some jurisdictions do in fact require proof beyond a reasonable doubt. See: Florida statute 318.14(6) "Noncriminal traffic infractions; exception; procedures.--" Part six states: "(6) The commission of a charged infraction at a hearing under this chapter must be proved beyond a reasonable doubt."--ChiefinspectorClousea (talk) 16:11, 14 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Survived VfD

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See Wikipedia:Votes for deletion/Infraction. Mikkalai 23:16, 11 Apr 2005 (UTC)

School Infractions

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School infractions are a different sort of infraction from the sort of legal infraction the rest of the article is about. I don't think that school infractions ought to be discussed in this article. Do others agree or disagree? Thesmothete 12:50, 21 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]