Malfeasance
A Law Dictionary, Adapted to the Constitution and Laws of the United States · John Bouvier · 1839
A Law Dictionary, Adapted to the Constitution and Laws of the United States
contracts, torts, is the unjust performance of some act which the party had no right, or which he had contracted not todo. It differs from misfeas-' ance, (q. v.) and nonfeasance, (q. v.) Vide 1 Chit. Pr. 9; 1 Chit. Pl. 134.