Mis-fēa'sance, n.

(-fē'zans), n. [O. Fr. mes, wrong, fr. Lat. minus, less, and faisance, façon, confection, from faire, Lat. facere, to do.] (Law.) A trespass; a wrong done; the improper doing of an act which a person might lawfully do. Bouvier. Wharton.