NONFEASANCE meaning: Failure to perform a required duty

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nonfeasance: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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nonfeasance: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
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nonfeasance: Merriam-Webster Legal Dictionary
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nonfeasance: Webster's New World Law Dictionary
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Definitions from Wiktionary (nonfeasance)

▸ noun: (law) The intentional failure to perform an official duty or legal requirement.
▸ noun: (law) The lack of liability associated with the failure to act.

Types:

negligence, omission, inaction, more...

Adjectives:

mere, negligent, such, pure, alleged, criminal, wilful, bare

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