'PLAGIARISM' in academic legal research is:

1. PLAGIARISM is the appropriation of another's work, ideas, or expression without proper attribution. 2. FORMS: 3. (i) VERBATIM COPYING — copying word-for-word; 4. (ii) PARAPHRASING WITHOUT CITATION — using another's ideas in own words but without attribution; 5. (iii) MOSAIC PLAGIARISM — combining bits from multiple sources without acknowledgement; 6. (iv) SELF-PLAGIARISM — re-using own prior published work without acknowledgement (less serious but still problematic); 7. (v) PATCHWORK PLAGIARISM — heavily relying on a single source with minor changes; 8. (vi) IMPROPER ATTRIBUTION. 9. AVOIDANCE: proper CITATIONS, QUOTATION MARKS for verbatim, PARAPHRASING in own words + citation, DIRECT QUOTATIONS for foundational propositions. 10. UGC and law schools have plagiarism policies (UGC (Promotion of Academic Integrity and Prevention of Plagiarism in Higher Educational Institutions) Regulations 2018). 11. Plagiarism software: Turnitin, iThenticate, Plagscan. 12. Hence option B is correct. _Source: Legal Research Methodology + Jurisprudence — Academic integrity / Plagiarism_