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Misfeasance
(gcide) | Misfeasance \Mis*fea"sance\, n. [OF. pref. mes- wrong (L. minus
less) + faisance doing, fr. faire to do, L. facere. Cf.
Malfeasance.] (Law)
A trespass; a wrong arising from an overt act; the improper
doing of an act which a person might lawfully do. --Bouvier.
--Wharton.
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misfeasance
(wn) | misfeasance
n 1: doing a proper act in a wrongful or injurious manner |
MISFEASANCE
(bouvier) | MISFEASANCE, torts, contracts. The performance of an act which might
lawfully be done, in an improper manner, by which another person receives an
injury. It differs from malfeasance, (q.v.) or, nonfeasance (q.v.) Vide,
generally, 2 Vin. Ab. 35; 2 Kent, Com. 443; Doct. Pl. 62; Story, Bail. Sec.
9.
2. It seems to be settled that there is a distinction between
misfeasance and nonfeasance in the case of mandates. In cases of
nonfeasance, the mandatary is not generally liable, because his undertaking
being gratuitous, there is no consideration to support it; but in cases of
misfeasance, the common law gives a remedy for the injury done, and to the
extent of that injury. 5 T. R. 143; 4 John. Rep. 84; Story, Bailment, Sec.
165; 2 Ld. Raym. 909, 919, 920; 2 Johns. Cas. 92; Doct. & Stu. 210; 1 Esp.
R. 74; 1 Russ. Cr. 140; Bouv. Inst. Index h.t.
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Misfeasance
(gcide) | Misfeasance \Mis*fea"sance\, n. [OF. pref. mes- wrong (L. minus
less) + faisance doing, fr. faire to do, L. facere. Cf.
Malfeasance.] (Law)
A trespass; a wrong arising from an overt act; the improper
doing of an act which a person might lawfully do. --Bouvier.
--Wharton.
[1913 Webster] |
MISFEASANCE
(bouvier) | MISFEASANCE, torts, contracts. The performance of an act which might
lawfully be done, in an improper manner, by which another person receives an
injury. It differs from malfeasance, (q.v.) or, nonfeasance (q.v.) Vide,
generally, 2 Vin. Ab. 35; 2 Kent, Com. 443; Doct. Pl. 62; Story, Bail. Sec.
9.
2. It seems to be settled that there is a distinction between
misfeasance and nonfeasance in the case of mandates. In cases of
nonfeasance, the mandatary is not generally liable, because his undertaking
being gratuitous, there is no consideration to support it; but in cases of
misfeasance, the common law gives a remedy for the injury done, and to the
extent of that injury. 5 T. R. 143; 4 John. Rep. 84; Story, Bailment, Sec.
165; 2 Ld. Raym. 909, 919, 920; 2 Johns. Cas. 92; Doct. & Stu. 210; 1 Esp.
R. 74; 1 Russ. Cr. 140; Bouv. Inst. Index h.t.
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