misfeasance

(mis fē′zəns)

noun

Law wrongdoing; specif., the doing of a lawful act in an unlawful or improper manner

Origin: OFr mesfaisance < mesfaire, to misdo: see mis- & feasance

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noun

Improper and unlawful execution of an act that in itself is lawful and proper.

Origin:

Origin: Anglo-Norman mesfesaunce

Origin: , from mesfere, to do wrong

Origin: : mes-, wrongly (from Old French; see mis-¹)

Origin: + fere, to do (from Latin facere; see dhē- in Indo-European roots)

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