NONFEASANCE Definition & Meaning

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nonfeasance

[ non-fee-zuhns ]

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noun

Law.

the omission of some act that ought to have been performed. Compare malfeasance, misfeasance ( def 2 ).

nonfeasance

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noun

law a failure to act when under an obligation to do so Compare malfeasance misfeasance

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�y��vlog History and Origins

Origin of nonfeasance¹

1590–1600; non- + obsolete feasance; malfeasance

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�y��vlog History and Origins

Origin of nonfeasance¹

C16: from non- + feasance (obsolete) performing or doing, from French faisance, from faire to do, from Latin facere

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It also says the state board could remove the county board if it finds that during at least two elections over two years the county board has shown “nonfeasance, malfeasance, or gross negligence.”

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“The only question that remains is whether this is nonfeasance or malfeasance,” he said.

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It could also remove the county board if it finds that during at least two elections over two years the board has shown “nonfeasance, malfeasance, or gross negligence.”

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“What type of ‘malfeasance’ or ‘nonfeasance’ might someone be accused of?”

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To do otherwise would be ignoring very recent history and would be a dangerous act of nonfeasance.

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