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injurious exercise of lawful authority — index misfeasance Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
misfeasance — mis·fea·sance /mis fēz əns/ n [Anglo French misfesance, from Middle French mesfaire to do wrong, from mes wrongly + faire to make, do, from Latin facere]: the performance of a lawful action in an illegal or improper manner; specif: the… … Law dictionary
Indulgences — • A remission of the temporal punishment due to sin, the guilt of which has been forgiven Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Indulgences Indulgences … Catholic encyclopedia
Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen Source — ▪ Primary Source [1789] Adopted by the National Assembly during the French Revolution on August 26, 1789, and reaffirmed by the constitution of 1958. Preamble The representatives of the French people, formed into a National Assembly,… … Universalium
misfeasance — /mis fee zeuhns/, n. Law. 1. a wrong, actual or alleged, arising from or consisting of affirmative action. 2. the wrongful performance of a normally lawful act; the wrongful and injurious exercise of lawful authority. Cf. malfeasance, nonfeasance … Universalium
misfeasance — mis•fea•sance [[t]mɪsˈfi zəns[/t]] n. law the wrongful and injurious exercise of lawful authority Compare malfeasance Etymology: 1590–1600; < AF mesfesance. See mis I, feasance mis•fea′sor, n … From formal English to slang
misfeasance — /mɪsˈfizəns/ (say mis feezuhns) noun Law 1. wrong, actual or alleged, arising from or consisting of affirmative action. 2. the wrongful performance of a normally lawful act; the wrongful and injurious exercise of lawful authority. Compare… …
misfeasance — The improper doing of an act which a person might lawfully do. Greenberg v Whitcomb Lumber Co. 90 Wis 225, 63 NW 93. The unlawful and injurious exercise of lawful authority, or the doing of a lawful act in an unlawful manner. Alias v Rumson, 115… … Ballentine's law dictionary
mis|fea|sance — «mihs FEE zuhns», noun. 1. the wrongful performance of a lawful act; wrongful and injurious exercise of lawful authority. SYNONYM(S): malfeasance. 2. any wrong done; trespass: »General denunciation, embellished with assorted charges of… … Useful english dictionary
wrongful — Injurious, heedless, unjust, reckless, unfair; it implies the infringement of some right, and may result from disobedience to lawful authority. Buhler v. Marrujo, 86 N.M. 399, 524 P.2d 1015, 1019. See also tort @ wrongful abuse of process See… … Black's law dictionary
