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nonfeasance
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Malfesance, misfeasance, nonfeasance
Matched in: Term Malfesance, misfeasance, nonfeasance
malfeasance
public official) of a wrongful or unlawful act involving or affecting the performance of one's duties compare misfeasance, nonfeasance
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misfeasance
an official duty in an improper or unlawful manner or with an improper or corrupt motive compare malfeasance, nonfeasance
Deprivation
the same offence; or, secondly, in 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
Misfeasance
misdeed or trespass; also, the improper performance of some lawful act. As to the distinction between misfeasance and nonfeasance, see McClelland v. Manchester Corporation, (1912) 1 KB 118, and cases there referred to, Guilfoyle v. Port of
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