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Feasance

Defined in 8 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Ballentine's (1916), Bouvier (1914), Black's (1910), Kinney (1893), Black's (1891), Stimson (1881), Burrill (1850)

The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary

Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922

A doing; the doing of an act. A making; the making of an indenture, release, or obligation. Litt. § 371; Dyer, (Fr. Ed.) 56b. The making of a statute. Keilw. lb.

Ballentine's Law Dictionary

James A. Ballentine · 1916

A doing; a making. Feasant. Doing; making.

Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia

John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914

A doing; a performing or performance. Feasant, doing or making, — as damage feasant (g. v.). Feasor, doer, maker, — as feasors del estatute, makers of the statute; Dyer 3 6.

Black's Law Dictionary

Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910

A doing; the doing of an act. See Malfeasance; Misfeasance; Non-xeasance. A making; the making of an indenture, release, or obligation. Litt. § 371; Dyer, (Fr. Ed.) 56b. The making of a statute. Keilw. lb.

A Law Dictionary and Glossary

George C. Kinney · 1893

faisance, feasannce, fesance, feasans, Ifr. A doing; the doing of an act; a making; the making of an indenture, release or obligation; the making of a statute.

A Dictionary of Law

Henry Campbell Black · 1891

A doing; the doing of an act. A making; the making of an indenture, release, or obligation. Litt. § 371; Dyer, (Fr, Ed.) 56. ‘The making of a statute. Keilw. 1b,

Glossary of Technical Terms, Phrases, and Maxims of the Common Law

Frederic Jesup Stimson · 1881

/a A doing, a making. Feasor: doing.

A New Law Dictionary and Glossary

Alexander M. Burrill · 1850

Faisance. L. Fr. [from faire, to do.] A doing; the doing of an act. See Malfeasance, Misfeasance, Nonfeasance. A making; the making of an indenture. Litt. sect. 371.