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Definition of Malfeasance
1. Noun. Wrongful conduct by a public official.
Definition of Malfeasance
1. n. The doing of an act which a person ought not to do; evil conduct; an illegal deed.
Definition of Malfeasance
1. Noun. wrongdoing ¹
2. Noun. (legal) Misconduct or wrongdoing, especially by a public official that causes damage. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Malfeasance
1. [n -S]
Medical Definition of Malfeasance
1. The doing of an act which a person ought not to do; evil conduct; an illegal deed. Alternative forms: malefeasance. Origin: F. Malfaisance, fr. Malfaisant injurious, doing ill; mal ill, evil + faisant doing, p. Pr. Of faire to do. See Malice, Feasible, and cf. Maleficence. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Malfeasance
Literary usage of Malfeasance
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Commentaries on the Criminal Law by Joel Prentiss Bishop (1865)
"malfeasance AND NON-FEASANCE IN OFFICE.1 § 950 [825]. IN the previous volume,2
we considered the general doctrine of the duty of officers to discharge well ..."
2. United States Supreme Court Reports by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company, United States Supreme Court (1912)
"It includes, also, wrongs suffered in consequence of the negligence or malfeasance
of others, where the remedy at common law is by an action on the case. ..."
3. New Commentaries on the Criminal Law Upon a New System of Legal Exposition by Joel Prentiss Bishop (1892)
"malfeasance AND NON-FEASANCE IN OFFICE. § 971. Introduction. 972-977. Justices of
Peace and the Like. 978, 979. Sheriffs and the Like. 980-982. ..."
4. Commentaries on American Law by James Kent, Charles M. Barnes (1884)
"... but they may be sued by a special action on the case for neglect and malfeasance
and breaches of duty, and in actions of trespass and trover for damages ..."
5. The Federal and State Constitutions: Colonial Charters, and Other Organic by Francis N. Thorpe, United States (1909)
"... shall be deemed guilty of malfeasance, and upon conviction thereof shall
forfeit his office, and be otherwise punished as may be provided by law. SEC. ..."
6. A History of the Inquisition of Spain by Henry Charles Lea (1906)
"... thirty ducats without the royal assent.2 malfeasance was stimulated by the
excessive tenderness which forbore to visit misconduct with punishment. ..."
7. The Health of Nations: A Review of the Works of Edwin Chadwick by Edwin Chadwick, Benjamin Ward Richardson (1887)
"... NONFEASANCE, MISFEASANCE, AND malfeasance. " The faults of the metropolitan
local administration may be conveniently grouped under the three old legal ..."
8. A Treatise on Criminal Law and Procedure by Thomas Welburn Hughes (1919)
"Involuntary manslaughter may arise from an act of malfeasance or misfeasance,
... Homicide arising from acts of malfeasance.—A homicide which arises ..."
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