| 词汇 | misfeasance |
| 释义 | misfeasance noun[ U ] LAWuk /ˌmɪsˈfiːzəns/us the fact of someone in authority performing a legal act in an illegal way, often without intending to: People who have lost money are accusing the minister of misfeasance. Compare malfeasance nonfeasance Examples of misfeasancemisfeasance The documents contain no evidence one way or the other about any such misfeasance. Finally, wrongful life suits permit children to sue their parents for callous or negligent creation, whereas, their counterparts focus only upon medical misfeasance. A civil servant retains his office and his pension notwithstanding mistakes and blunders, provided there is no misfeasance. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 If a highway authority carries out some repairs and does them badly, that is misfeasance and the authority can be sued. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I am not concerned only with criminal acts or misfeasance but with inefficiency and improper expenditure that falls short of criminality or provable criminality. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 That included criminal misfeasance and neglect of duty, discreditable conduct and aiding and abetting the chief constable's false statements. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Their defence was that by a contract with the shareholders they were exempted from all liability for misfeasance such as negligence. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 But of course, in itself, that is insufficient to avoid fraud and misfeasance. From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English We have had a considerable discussion on the question of misfeasance and non-feasance. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 To what a tremendous amount of misfeasance that opens the door! From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The liquidator or receiver is equally liable for his actions, his misfeasances and the mistakes that he makes. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 If highway authorities and utilities do not carry out this function pursuant to the guidance would they be guilty of a misfeasance? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It can mean corruption or neglect, or misfeasance, but it can also extend to ineptitude. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 How can there be injustice unless there has been inepitude of misfeasance of some sort? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 There is a need to check the relatively rare case of bureaucratic misfeasance. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 See all examples of misfeasance These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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