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misfeasance

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misfeasance

An action that was legal and proper, but which was performed in an improper manner. A real estate agent who innocently deposits an earnest money check in the real estate company's business account instead of the escrow account, but who does not spend the money or use it in any manner, is probably guilty of a misfeasance. If the agent spent the money, that would be malfeasance, or doing something improper and illegal. If the agent put the check in a desk drawer and did not deposit it in any account, that would be nonfeasance, or the failure to take an action when the law required that some act be done.



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As part of the investigation, two police officers, one serving with Northamptonshire and the other with Bedfordshire, were arrested on suspicion of misfeasance of public duty and later released on police bail.
Ms Sumner claims the county's chief constable violated Sanderson's human rights and is guilty of assault and battery, misfeasance in public office and negligence.
The brothers claimed misfeasance in public office and negligence against the council for failing to transfer the caravan park licence to them but they failed to prove liability.
 
 
 
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