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Malfesance, misfeasance, nonfeasance

Malfesance, misfeasance, nonfeasance, the words 'malfeasance', 'misfeasance' and 'nonfeasance' cover a wide range

nonfeasance [non- + obsolete English feasance doing, execution, from Anglo-French fesance,

involving or affecting the performance of one's duties compare misfeasance, nonfeasance

manner or with an improper or corrupt motive compare malfeasance, nonfeasance

divers penal statutes, which declare the benefice void, for some nonfeasance or neglect, or else some malfeasance or crime, as for

some lawful act. As to the distinction between misfeasance and nonfeasance, see McClelland v. Manchester Corporation, (1912) 1 KB 118, and