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Definition of Misfeasance
1. Noun. Doing a proper act in a wrongful or injurious manner.
Definition of Misfeasance
1. n. A trespass; a wrong done; the improper doing of an act which a person might lawfully do.
Definition of Misfeasance
1. Noun. A wrong that arises from an action. The wrong can be actual or alleged. This word is often used in law, relating to the wrongful use of legal authority. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Misfeasance
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Misfeasance
Literary usage of Misfeasance
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Treatise on the Law of Agency: Including Not Only a Discussion of the by Floyd Russell Mechem (1889)
"Same Subject—Distinction between Non-feasance and misfeasance. ... misfeasance may
involve, also, to some extent the idea of not doing, as where the agent ..."
2. Commentaries on the Law of Municipal Corporations by John Forrest Dillon (1911)
"Implied Liability of Municipal Corporations proper for misfeasance and Nonfeasance;
Its Limits. — As respects municipal corporations proper, ..."
3. The Law of Agency: Including the Law of Principal and Agent and the Law of by Ernest Wilson Huffcut (1901)
"Liable for misfeasance, but not for non-feasance. In dealing with the liability
of the servant for his torts we are met at the outset with the distinction ..."
4. A Practical Treatise of the Law of Evidence, and Digest of Proofs, in Civil by Thomas Starkie (1891)
"misfeasance in such case would of course be incumbent on the plaintiff(o).
Proof in Notwithstanding this the carrier will still be liable for any actual ..."
5. Commentaries on the Law of Private Corporations: Whether with Or Without by Charles Fisk Beach (1891)
"Distinction between misfeasance and non-feasance. ... drawn between the liability
of a corporation for misfeasance and non-feasance, but the difficulty in ..."
6. The Encyclopædia of Pleading and Practice: Under the Codes and Practice Acts by William Mark McKinney, Thomas Johnson Michie (1901)
"FOR misfeasance OF DEPUTIES. — In a majority of the states it is held that causes
of action against sheriffs and constables, based on the defaults or ..."
7. The Law of Torts: A Treatise on the Principles of Obligations Arising from by Frederick Pollock (1908)
"misfeasance in doing an act in itself not unlawful is ground for an action on
the case (c). It is immaterial that the act was not one which the defendant ..."
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