Dictionary entry

Misfeasance

Webster's Dictionary 1913

Mis‐fea″sance (?), n. [OF. pref. mes- wrong (L. minus less) + faisance doing, fr. faire to do, L. facere. Cf. Malfeasance.] (Law) A trespass; a wrong done; the improper doing of an act which a person might lawfully do. Bouvier.Wharton.