MALFEASANCES

Noun

malfeasances

plural of malfeasance

Source: Wiktionary


MALFEASANCE

Mal*fea"sance, n. Etym: [F. malfaisance, fr. malfaisant injurious, doing ill; mal ill, evil + faisant doing, p. pr. of faire to do. See Malice, Feasible, and cf. Maleficence.] (Law)

Definition: The doing of an act which a person ought not to do; evil conduct; an illegal deed. [Written also malefeasance.]

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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SYNCRETISM

(noun) the fusion of originally different inflected forms (resulting in a reduction in the use of inflections)


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