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Definition of Malfeasances
1. malfeasance [n] - See also: malfeasance
Lexicographical Neighbors of Malfeasances
Literary usage of Malfeasances
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Elements of American Jurisprudence by William Callyhan Robinson (1900)
"... of a forbearance, when the act, although performed, falls short in quantity
or method of what the law requires. Malfeasances and such ..."
2. Commentaries on the Law of Agency as a Branch of Commercial and Maritime by Joseph Story, Charles Pelham Greenough (1882)
"... another limitation of the doctrine of the responsibility of principals for
the malfeasances, and negligences, and torts, of their agents and servants, ..."
3. The American Reports: Containing All Decisions of General Interest Decided by Isaac Grant Thompson, Irving Browne (1884)
"... of this enactment, an amendatory statute was passed in 1871, which declares
that " the several acts, neglects and omissions' of duty, malfeasances, ..."
4. The North Carolina Criminal Code and Digest: A Complete Code of All the by North Carolina, Thomas Jefferson Jerome, Samuel J. Pemberton, North Carolina Supreme Court (1892)
"... above specified and described, shall be the only acts, neglects and omissions
of duty, malfeasances, ..."
5. Reports of Decisions of the Supreme Court of the State of Nevada by Nevada Supreme Court (1872)
"... as. to the liability of the principal, to third persons, for the malfeasances,
negligences, and torts of his agent. It is a general doctrine of law that ..."
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