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malfeasance
malfeasance [mal- bad + obsolete English feasance doing, execution, from Old French faisance, from fais-, stem of faire to
Malfeasance
Malfeasance, the commission of some evil or unlawful act.
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Malfeasance
The doing of an act which a person ought not to do evil conduct an illegal deed
Malefeasance
See Malfeasance
misfeasance
of an official duty in an improper or unlawful manner or with an improper or corrupt motive compare malfeasance, nonfeasance
nonfeasance
that should be done or esp. something that one is under a duty or obligation to do compare malfeasance, misfeasance
Non feasance
An omission or neglect to do something esp that which ought to have been done Cf Malfeasance
Deprivation
pursuance of divers penal statutes, which declare the benefice void, for some nonfeasance or neglect, or else some malfeasance or crime, as for simony; for neglecting to read the liturgy and articles in the church, and to
Malfesance, misfeasance, nonfeasance
Malfesance, misfeasance, nonfeasance, the words 'malfeasance', 'misfeasance' and 'nonfeasance' cover a wide range of cases. Malfesance would apply to a case where an act prohibited in law is done by a person. Nonfeasance would apply to...
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