Committing anything to memory. Used to describe the act of one who listens to a public representation of a play or drama, and then, from his recol- lection of its scenes, incidents, or language, reproduces it, substantially or in part, in derogation of the rights of the author. See 5 Term It 245; 14 Amer. Law Reg. (N. S.) 207.
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