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  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Non-feasance  \Non-fea"sance\,  n.  [Pref.  non-  +  OF  faisance  a 
  doing  fr  faire  to  do.]  (Law) 
  An  omission  or  neglect  to  do  something  esp.  that  which  ought 
  to  have  been  done  Cf  {Malfeasance}. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  nonfeasance 
  n  :  a  failure  to  act  when  under  an  obligation  to  do  so  a 
  refusal  (without  sufficient  excuse)  to  do  that  which  it 
  is  your  legal  duty  to  do 




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