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malfeasance<\/span>:<\/strong><\/span>
\nn<\/em>. (17c)<\/span><\/p>\n

1. A wrongful, unlawful, or dishonest act; especially, wrongdoing or misconduct by a public official; MALFEASANCE IN PUBLIC OFFICE.<\/strong> \u2014 malfeasant<\/strong><\/span>, adj. \u2014 <\/em>malfeasor<\/strong><\/span>, <\/em>n. <\/em>[1]<\/span><\/p>\n

1. The doing of an act which is positively unlawful or wrong.\u00a0 Alias v Rumson<\/em>, 115 NJL 593, 181 A175, 102 ALR 648<\/span>.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

An act forbidden by law, or illegal, causing injury to the person or party of another.\u00a0 35 Am J1st M & S \u00a7 588<\/span>.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Of public officer: \u2014 the performance of an act in an official capacity that is wholly illegal and wrongful.\u00a0 People ex rel. Johnson v Coffey<\/em>, 237 Mich 591, 213 NW 460, 52 ALR 1<\/span>.<\/strong> [2]<\/span><\/p>\n

1. The doing of a wrongful act or unlawful act.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

malfeasance in office<\/span>:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

1. The performance by a public official of an official act that is illegal or wrongful.<\/span><\/strong> [3]<\/span><\/p>\n

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[1]: Black\u2019s Law <\/a><\/span><\/strong>Dictionary\u00a0<\/b><\/span><\/a><\/strong>Deluxe<\/b><\/span><\/a><\/em> Tenth<\/b><\/span><\/a><\/em> Edition<\/b><\/span><\/a><\/em>\u00a0<\/span><\/strong>by<\/b><\/span><\/strong> Henry Campbell Black, Editor in Chief Bryan A. Garner. ISBN: 978-0-314-61300-4<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

[2]: Ballantine\u2019s Law <\/a><\/span><\/strong>Dictionary\u00a0<\/b><\/span><\/a><\/strong>with<\/b><\/span><\/a><\/em> Pronunciations<\/b><\/span><\/a><\/em>
\n<\/span><\/a><\/em>Third Edition<\/a>\u00a0by James A. Ballantine\u00a0<\/span><\/strong>(James Arthur 1871-1949).\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/em>Edited by William S. Anderson.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a9 1969 by THE LAWYER\u2019S CO-OPERATIVE PUBLISHING COMPANY.\u00a0 Library of Congress Catalog Card No. 68-30931<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

[3]: Ballantine\u2019s Law <\/a><\/span><\/strong>Dictionary\u00a0<\/b><\/span><\/a><\/strong>Legal<\/b><\/span><\/a><\/em> Assistant<\/b><\/span><\/a><\/em> Edition<\/b><\/span><\/a><\/em>\u00a0<\/span><\/em>by<\/b><\/span><\/strong> Jack Ballantine\u00a0<\/span><\/strong>(James Arthur 1871-1949).\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/em>Doctored<\/span><\/a><\/strong>\u00a0<\/span><\/em>by\u00a0Jack G. Handler,\u00a0J.D.<\/a>\u00a0\u00a9 1994 Delmar by Thomson Learning.\u00a0 ISBN 0-8273-4874-6.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

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