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misfeasance<\/span>:<\/span><\/strong>
\nn<\/em>. (16c)<\/span><\/p>\n

1. A lawful act performed in a wrongful manner.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

2. More broadly, a transgression or trespass.<\/strong> \u2014 misfeasant<\/span><\/strong>, adj. <\/em>\u2014 <\/em>misfeasor<\/strong><\/span>, <\/em>n. [1]<\/span><\/p>\n

1. The improper doing of an act which a person might lawfully do.\u00a0 Greenberg v Whitecomb Lumber Co<\/em>. 90 Wis 225, 63 NW 93<\/span>.
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The unlawful and injurious exercise of lawful authority, or the doing of a lawful act in an unlawful manner.\u00a0 Allas v Rumson<\/em>, 115 NJL 593, 181 A 175, 102 ALR 988<\/span>.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

The performance of a duty or act which one ought or has a right to do, but in a manner such as to infringe upon the rights of others.\u00a0 Anno: 20 ALR 104<\/span>.<\/strong><\/span> [2]<\/span><\/p>\n

1. The improper performance of a lawful act.<\/strong> [3]<\/span><\/p>\n

misfeasance in public office<\/span>:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

1. The tort of excessive, malicious, or negligent exercise of statutory powers by a public officer.<\/strong> \u2014 aka malfeasance<\/strong><\/span>. <\/em>[1]<\/span><\/p>\n

1. The performance by a public officer in his official capacity of a legal act in an improper or illegal manner.\u00a0 State ex rel. Hardie v Coleman<\/em>, 115 Fla 119, 155 So 129, 92 ALR 988<\/span>.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

A common-law offense, generally termed “official misconduct,” and composed of the commission of a series of unlawful acts.\u00a0 State v Bolitho<\/em>, 103 NJL 246, 261, 136 A 164, 172<\/span>. <\/strong>[2]<\/span><\/p>\n

1. The performance by a public official, in an official capacity, of a legal act in an illegal or improper manner.<\/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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