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nonfeasance |
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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