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misfeasance definition - legal

n

  1. Generally, an act of wrong-doing.
  2. An otherwise legal act that is performed in an illegal fashion.

Webster's New World Law Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Hoboken, New Jersey.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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