| 11. | Oliphant was suspended by Gov . Jeb Bush last November for misfeasance in office.
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| 12. | It has therefore been perceived as a way to combat misfeasance in public officials.
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| 13. | In theory, misfeasance is distinct from nonfeasance.
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| 14. | The director was accused of committing a misfeasance.
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| 15. | Even those states that enforce their regulations cannot offer much assurance that they can prevent misfeasance.
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| 16. | Misfeasance, by contrast, describes some affirmative act that, though legal, causes harm.
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| 17. | However, if they detect a " modus operandi " of some considerable misfeasance.
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| 18. | So does larceny, false advertising, malfeasance and misfeasance and probably a couple of other feasances.
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| 19. | The actions of Black Hawk officials constituted " misfeasance or malfeasance, " it said.
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| 20. | A special tort that applies only against public authorities is the tort of misfeasance in public office.
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