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feasance

[ fee-zuhns ]

noun

, Law.
  1. the doing or performing of an act, as of a condition or duty.

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Word History and Origins

Origin of feasance1

1530–40; < Anglo-French fesa ( u ) nce, Old French faisance, equivalent to fais- (variant stem of faire ≪ Latin facere to do) + -ance -ance

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Example Sentences

There is one infallible way to put an end to all this, and the easiest in the world, which consists merely in a non-feasance.

The distresses most frequently made are on account of rent and taxes and damage-feasance.

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