Misfeasance

[mɪs'fiːz(ə)ns] or [mɪs'fizəns]

Definition

(noun.) doing a proper act in a wrongful or injurious manner.

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Definition

(n.) A trespass; a wrong done; the improper doing of an act which a person might lawfully do.

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Definition

n. (law) a wrong done as distinguished from Nonfeasance which means a mere omission: the doing of a lawful act in a wrongful manner as distinguished from Malfeasance which means the doing of an act which is positively unlawful.—ns. Misfeas′ant Misfeas′or one who commits a misfeasance.

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