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[mis-fee-zuh
ns] 
–noun Law.
| 1. | a wrong, actual or alleged, arising from or consisting of affirmative action. |
| 2. | the wrongful performance of a normally lawful act; the wrongful and injurious exercise of lawful authority. |
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| mis·fea·sance (mĭs-fē'zəns) n. Improper and unlawful execution of an act that in itself is lawful and proper. [Anglo-Norman mesfesaunce, from mesfere, to do wrong : mes-, wrongly (from Old French; see mis-1) + fere, to do (from Latin facere; see dhē- in Indo-European roots).] |
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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.
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misfeasance
1596, "wrongful exercise of lawful authority or improper performance of a lawful act," from M.Fr. mesfaisance, from mesfaisant, prp. of mesfaire "to misdo," from mes- "wrongly" (see mis- (2)) + faire "to do," from L. facere "to perform" (see factitious).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Main Entry: mis·fea·sance
Pronunciation: mis-'fEz-&ns
Function: noun
Etymology: Anglo-French misfesance, from Middle French mesfaire to do wrong, from mes- wrongly + faire to make, do, from Latin facere
: the performance of a lawful action in an illegal or improper manner; specifically : the performance of an official duty in an improper or unlawful manner or with an improper or corrupt motive —compare MALFEASANCE, NONFEASANCE
Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Law, © 1996 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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