official malfeasance

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• malfeasance — mal·fea·sance /ˌmal fēz əns/ n [mal bad + obsolete English feasance doing, execution, from Old French faisance, from fais , stem of faire to make, do, from Latin facere]: the commission (as by a public official) of a wrongful or unlawful act… …   Law dictionary

• malfeasance — [mal fē′zəns] n. [obs. Fr malfaisance < malfaisant < mal, evil (see MAL ) + faisant, prp. of faire < L facere, to DO1] wrongdoing or misconduct, esp. by a public official; commission of an act that is positively unlawful: distinguished… …   English World dictionary

• Malfeasance in office — Criminal law Part o …   Wikipedia

• malfeasance — /maelfiyzan(t)s/ Evil doing; ill conduct. The commission of some act which is positively unlawful; the doing of an act which is wholly wrongful and unlawful; the doing of an act which person ought not to do at all or the unjust performance of… …   Black's law dictionary

• malfeasance — /maelfiyzan(t)s/ Evil doing; ill conduct. The commission of some act which is positively unlawful; the doing of an act which is wholly wrongful and unlawful; the doing of an act which person ought not to do at all or the unjust performance of… …   Black's law dictionary

• official — An officer; a person invested with the authority of an office. See also officer In Canon law, a person to whom a bishop commits the charge of his spiritual jurisdiction. In Civil law, the minister or apparitor of a magistrate or judge official,… …   Black's law dictionary

• malfeasance — noun Etymology: mal + obsolete feasance doing, execution Date: 1696 wrongdoing or misconduct especially by a public official …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• malfeasance — malfeasant, adj., n. /mal fee zeuhns/, n. Law. the performance by a public official of an act that is legally unjustified, harmful, or contrary to law; wrongdoing (used esp. of an act in violation of a public trust). Cf. misfeasance (def. 2),… …   Universalium

• malfeasance — noun /ˌmælˈfiz.əns/ a) wrongdoing b) Misconduct or wrongdoing, especially by a public official that causes damage. Syn: misconduct, wrongdoing See Also: malfeasant, malefactor …   Wiktionary

• malfeasance — mal·fea·sance || mæl fiːzÉ™ns n. (Law) wrongdoing, trespass (especially by a public official) …   English contemporary dictionary

• malfeasance — [mal fi:z(ə)ns] noun Law wrongdoing, especially (US) by a public official. Derivatives malfeasant noun & adjective Origin C17: from Anglo Norman Fr. malfaisance, from mal evil + OFr. faisance activity …   English new terms dictionary