nonfeasancen.

Brit.

/nɒnˈfiːz(ə)ns/, U.S.

/nɑnˈfiz(ə)ns/

Forms: see non- prefix and feasance n.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: non- prefix, feasance n.

Etymology: < non- prefix + feasance n. Compare Law French non feasance . Compare misfeasance n., and later malfeasance n.

Law.

The culpable failure to perform some act. Cf. malfeasance n. 1, misfeasance n. 1.

ΘΚΠ

society > law > rule of law > lawlessness > specific offences > [noun] > negligence, etc.

lachesa1325

temerarity1475

nonfeasancea1626

negligencea1691

culpa1861

a1626 F. Bacon Elements Common Lawes (1630) 2 If..the grantee commit treason, whereby he is imprisoned, so that the grantor cannot haue accesse vnto him for his counsell, yet neverthelesse the annuity is not determined by this non feasance.

a1642 R. Callis Reading of Statute of Sewers (1647) iii. 138 No permission, sufferance, neglect, or Nonfeasans can be found to be by force, because they consist not in Agendo.

1765 W. Blackstone Comm. Laws Eng. I. 393 Statutes, which declare the benefice void, for some nonfeasance or neglect, or else some malefeasance or crime.

1773 Observ. State Poor 27 There is one infallible way to put an end to begging,..which consists merely in a nonfeasance: give them nothing.

a1832 Encycl. Metrop. (1845) II. 813/2 Misconduct of officers of justice, being what the law terms malfeasance, that is, wrong-doing,—or culpable non-feasance.

1891 Times 30 Oct. 7/2 If your colleague..of to-day..is to be at liberty to-morrow to turn round and reproach you with supposed misfeasances and non-feasances.

1938 Jrnl. Negro Educ. 7 608/2 The consistent refusal of the Federal Office so to exercise its authority is tantamount to deliberate non-feasance.

1991 Nation 14 Oct. 436/1 Gates was probably guilty of nonfeasance for his laconic response in 1986 to allegation of Iran/contra wrongdoing.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	nonfeasance
释义	nonfeasancen. Brit. /nɒnˈfiːz(ə)ns/, U.S. /nɑnˈfiz(ə)ns/ Forms: see non- prefix and feasance n. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: non- prefix, feasance n. Etymology: < non- prefix + feasance n. Compare Law French non feasance . Compare misfeasance n., and later malfeasance n. Law. The culpable failure to perform some act. Cf. malfeasance n. 1, misfeasance n. 1. ΘΚΠ society > law > rule of law > lawlessness > specific offences > [noun] > negligence, etc. lachesa1325 temerarity1475 nonfeasancea1626 negligencea1691 culpa1861 a1626 F. Bacon Elements Common Lawes (1630) 2 If..the grantee commit treason, whereby he is imprisoned, so that the grantor cannot haue accesse vnto him for his counsell, yet neverthelesse the annuity is not determined by this non feasance. a1642 R. Callis Reading of Statute of Sewers (1647) iii. 138 No permission, sufferance, neglect, or Nonfeasans can be found to be by force, because they consist not in Agendo. 1765 W. Blackstone Comm. Laws Eng. I. 393 Statutes, which declare the benefice void, for some nonfeasance or neglect, or else some malefeasance or crime. 1773 Observ. State Poor 27 There is one infallible way to put an end to begging,..which consists merely in a nonfeasance: give them nothing. a1832 Encycl. Metrop. (1845) II. 813/2 Misconduct of officers of justice, being what the law terms malfeasance, that is, wrong-doing,—or culpable non-feasance. 1891 Times 30 Oct. 7/2 If your colleague..of to-day..is to be at liberty to-morrow to turn round and reproach you with supposed misfeasances and non-feasances. 1938 Jrnl. Negro Educ. 7 608/2 The consistent refusal of the Federal Office so to exercise its authority is tantamount to deliberate non-feasance. 1991 Nation 14 Oct. 436/1 Gates was probably guilty of nonfeasance for his laconic response in 1986 to allegation of Iran/contra wrongdoing. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.a1626
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