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 recollection of Its scenes, Incidents, or language, reproduces It, substantially or in part, in der-ogation of the rights of the author. See 5 Term R. 245; 14 Amer. Law Reg. (N. S.) 207
Source: Black’s Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)
