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misfeasance


  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Misfeasance  \Mis*fea"sance\,  n.  [OF.  pref.  mes-  wrong  (L.  minus 
  less)  +  faisance  doing  fr  faire  to  do  L.  facere  Cf 
  {Malfeasance}.]  (Law) 
  A  trespass;  a  wrong  done  the  improper  doing  of  an  act  which 
  a  person  might  lawfully  do  --Bouvier.  Wharton. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  misfeasance 
  n  :  doing  a  proper  act  in  a  wrongful  or  injurious  manner 




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