nonfeasance
[ non-fee-zuh ns ]
/ nɒnˈfi zəns /
noun Law.
the omission of some act that ought to have been performed.
Compare malfeasance, misfeasance(def 2).
Origin of nonfeasance
Words nearby nonfeasance
Example sentences from the Web for nonfeasance
It was settled that assumpsit would lie for a mere omission or nonfeasance.
The Common Law |Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.More important was the nonfeasance of the Inquisition with respect to simony.
A History of The Inquisition of The Middle Ages; volume III |Henry Charles Lea
British Dictionary definitions for nonfeasance
nonfeasance
/ (ˌnɒnˈfiːzəns) /
noun
Word Origin for nonfeasance
C16: from
non- +
feasance (obsolete) performing or doing, from French
faisance, from
faire to do, from Latin
facere