English-Thai Dictionary
misfeasance
N การก ระ ผิด injustice kan-kra-tam-pid
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
MISFEASANCE
n.misfe'zance. In law, a trespass; a wrong done.
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
MISFEASANCE
Mis *fea "sance, n. Etym: [OF. pref. mes- wrong (L. minus less ) +faisance doing, fr. faire to do, L. facere. Cf. Malfeasance. ] (Law )
Defn: A trespass; a wrong done; the improper doing of an act which a person might lawfully do. Bouvier. Wharton.
New American Oxford Dictionary
misfeasance
mis fea sance |misˈfēzəns mɪsˈfizns | ▶noun Law a transgression, esp. the wrongful exercise of lawful authority. ORIGIN early 17th cent.: from Old French mesfaisance, from mesfaire, from mes- ‘wrongly ’ + faire ‘do ’ (from Latin facere ). Compare with malfeasance .
Oxford Dictionary
misfeasance
misfeasance |mɪsˈfiːz (ə )ns | ▶noun Law a transgression, especially the wrongful exercise of lawful authority. ORIGIN early 17th cent.: from Old French mesfaisance, from mesfaire, from mes- ‘wrongly ’ + faire ‘do ’ (from Latin facere ). Compare with malfeasance .
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