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Nonfeasance
In the law of agency, the total omission or failure of an agent toperform a distinct duty that he has agreed with his principal to do; also, theneglect or refusal, without sufficient excuse, to do what is an officer's legalduty to do. Nonfeasance differs from misfeasance, which is the improper doingof an act that one might lawfully do, and from malfeasance, which is the doingof an act that is wholly wrongful and unlawful.
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