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The law has been perverted, and the powers of the state have become perverted along with it. The law has not only been turned from its proper function, but made to follow an entirely contrary purpose. The law has become a tool for every kind of greed. Instead of preventing crime, the law itself is guilty of the abuses it is supposed to punish.
Frederick Bastiat, The Law, 1853

Monday, July 19, 2010

Define: Malfeasance Misfeasance

  The following terms are often used when public officials exceed their authority.


Malfeasance
the performance by a public official of an act that is legally unjustified, harmful, or contrary to law

Misfeasance
the wrongful performance of a normally lawful act; the wrongful and injurious exercise of lawful authority 
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