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Definition of Nonfeasances
1. nonfeasance [n] - See also: nonfeasance
Lexicographical Neighbors of Nonfeasances
Literary usage of Nonfeasances
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Elements of American Jurisprudence by William Callyhan Robinson (1900)
"... of an act therefore involve the idea of intentional wrong-doing, — a positive
aggressive invasion of the rights of others. nonfeasances and the mis- ..."
2. Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the English Courts of Common Law by Great Britain Bail Court (1870)
"And his liability, founded upon this consideration, extends not merely to his
contracts, but to his own negligences and nonfeasances and ..."
3. The North Carolina Criminal Code and Digest: A Complete Code of All the by North Carolina, Thomas Jefferson Jerome, Samuel J. Pemberton, North Carolina Supreme Court (1892)
"... and nonfeasances, above specified and described, shall be the only acts,
neglects and ... and nonfeasances besides those specified and described above, ..."
4. Commentaries on the Law of Agency as a Branch of Commercial and Maritime by Joseph Story, Charles Pelham Greenough (1882)
"... we have said) to his own negligences and nonfeasances and ... negligences, or
nonfeasances subject the shippers of goods, as well as the owners of the ..."
5. Federal Statutes Annotated: Containing All the Laws of the United States of by United States, William Mark McKinney, Thomas H. Calvert (1921)
"And here the distinction ordinarily taken is between acts of misfeasance or
positive wrongs and nonfeasances or mere omissions of duty by private agents. ..."
6. A Brief Survey of Equity Jurisdiction: Being a Series of Articles Reprinted by Christopher Columbus Langdell (1908)
"... until those nonfeasances are considered which consist of breaches of contract;
but neither is it convenient to consider those breaches of contract which ..."
7. Judicial and Statutory Definitions of Words and Phrases by West Publishing Company (1914)
"But In respect to nonfeasances, or mere neglects in the performance of duty, the
responsibility therefor must arise from some express or implied obligation ..."
8. The American Decisions: Containing All the Cases of General Value and by John Proffatt, Abraham Clark Freeman (1887)
"But in respect to nonfeasances, or mere neglects in the performance of duty, the
responsibility therefor must arise from some express ..."
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