[mis-fee-zuh
ns] 
| 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. |
| 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).] |