- malfeasance
- noun Etymology: mal- + obsolete feasance doing, execution Date: 1696 wrongdoing or misconduct especially by a public official
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malfeasance — mal·fea·sance /ˌmal fēz əns/ n [mal bad + obsolete English feasance doing, execution, from Old French faisance, from fais , stem of faire to make, do, from Latin facere]: the commission (as by a public official) of a wrongful or unlawful act… … Law dictionary
malfeasance — mal‧feas‧ance [mælˈfiːzns] noun [uncountable] formal especially AmE LAW illegal activity: • The Association of Certified Fraud Examiners teaches accountants how to detect financial malfeasance. * * * malfeasance UK US /mælˈfiːz … Financial and business terms
Malfeasance — Mal*fea sance, n. [F. malfaisance, fr. malfaisant injurious, doing ill; mal ill, evil + faisant doing, p. pr. of faire to do. See {Malice}, {Feasible}, and cf. {Maleficence}.] (Law) The doing of an act which a person ought not to do; evil… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
malfeasance — 1690s, from Fr. malfaisance wrongdoing, from malfaisant, from mal badly (see MAL (Cf. mal )) + faisant, prp. of faire to do, from L. facere to do (see FACTITIOUS (Cf. factitious)). M … Etymology dictionary
malfeasance — [mal fē′zəns] n. [obs. Fr malfaisance < malfaisant < mal, evil (see MAL ) + faisant, prp. of faire < L facere, to DO1] wrongdoing or misconduct, esp. by a public official; commission of an act that is positively unlawful: distinguished… … English World dictionary
Malfeasance — The expressions misfeasance and nonfeasance, and occasionally malfeasance, are used in English law with reference to the discharge of public obligations existing by common law, custom or statute.Definition and relevant rules of lawMisfeasance is… … Wikipedia
Malfeasance — Used in regards to performance on a contract, malfeasance is an act of outright sabotage in which one party to the contract commits an act which causes intentional damage. A party that incurs damages by malfeasance is entitled to settlement… … Investment dictionary
malfeasance — /mælˈfizəns/ (say mal feezuhns) noun Law the doing of an unlawful act, as a trespass: *the murder, mayhem, mime and malfeasance that follows on the heels of war or preparation for war. –sutton woodfield, 1960. Compare misfeasance, nonfeasance.… …
malfeasance — /maelfiyzan(t)s/ Evil doing; ill conduct. The commission of some act which is positively unlawful; the doing of an act which is wholly wrongful and unlawful; the doing of an act which person ought not to do at all or the unjust performance of… … Black's law dictionary
malfeasance — /maelfiyzan(t)s/ Evil doing; ill conduct. The commission of some act which is positively unlawful; the doing of an act which is wholly wrongful and unlawful; the doing of an act which person ought not to do at all or the unjust performance of… … Black's law dictionary
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