misfeasance Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun doing a proper act in a wrongful or injurious manner

WordNet

Mis*fea"sance noun
Etymology
OF. pref. mes- wrong (L. minus less) + faisance doing, fr. faire to do, L. facere. Cf. Malfeasance.
Definitions
  1. (Law) A trespass; a wrong done; the improper doing of an act which a person might lawfully do. Bouvier. Wharton.

Webster 1913