The phrase "a misfeasance" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used in legal contexts to refer to a wrongful or negligent act that causes harm or injury to another party.
Example: "The court found that the defendant's actions constituted a misfeasance, leading to significant damages for the plaintiff."
Alternatives: "a wrongful act" or "an improper action".
He has also submitted a claim for trespass and is considering filing for malicious prosecution, human rights infringements and a claim for "misfeasance in a public office" against the SFO.
The New York Times is attempting to preserve the structure and feel of a story about federal government misfeasance in a world where there appears to be little or no misfeasance.
This was decided in 1400, the courts drawing a distinction between misfeasance and nonfeasance.
In torts, Professor Abel said, there is a distinction between misfeasance and nonfeasance, between doing and not doing.
On this occasion, the crown prosecution service did try to punish three middle-ranking officers for "misfeasance", an archaic common law charge which collapsed before their trial.
While funeral industry leaders and regulators expressed horror at the discovery this week of more than 280 bodies in the woods near a Georgia crematory, saying they had never heard of such an extreme example of misfeasance, they acknowledged that it was far from an isolated incident.
Some of the suits against the police call this inhuman and degrading treatment, as well as deceit, assault, breach of privacy and misfeasance in a public office.
And there are definitely people who, when faced with misfeasance of a large and historical nature, even one that needn't cloud the present and forbid the future, just can't rest until the misfeasance is put right, redressed, battered to dust with study and attention so they can feel just fine about things and go forward with a clear heart — whatever that might be".
"The fraud investigation was an extremely serious matter with no factual background to justify it [and was] merely the whim of the bursar who considered that the claimant, in taking a long-haul overseas holiday and acquiring a BMW, may be guilty of misfeasance," the report stated.
