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12 words match “MISCONDUCT”

MISCONDUCT v. 3 definitions
To conduct amiss; to mismanage. Johnson. To misconduct one's self, to behave improperly.
AMISSIBILITY n.
of being lost. [R.] Notions of popular rights and the amissibility of sovereign power for misconduct were alternately broached by the two great religious parties of Europe. Hallam.
DEMERIT n.
That which deserves blame; ill desert; a fault; a vice; misconduct; -- the opposite of Ant: merit. They see no merit or demerit in any man or any action. Burke. Secure, unless forfeited by any demerit or offense. Sir W. Temple.
FOREJUDGE v.
To expel from court for some offense or misconduct, as an attorney or officer; to deprive or put out of a thing by the judgment of a court. Burrill.
GRIEF n.
ing in the past; mental suffering arising from any cause, as misfortune, loss of friends, misconduct of one's self or others, etc.; sorrow; sadness. The mother was so afflicted at the loss of a fine boy, . . . that she died for grief of it. Addison.
GUARDHOUSE n.
A building which is occupied by the guard, and in which soldiers are confined for misconduct; hence, a lock-up.
IMPEACH v.
tribunal, with misbehavior in office; to cite before a tribunal for judgement of official misconduct; to arraign; as, to impeach a judge. See Impeachment.
MISGOVERNANCE n.
Misgovernment; misconduct; misbehavior. [Obs.] Chaucer. Spenser.
RIGHT n.
a name given to the patriarchal theory of government, especially to the doctrine that no misconduct and no dispossession can forfeit the right of a monarch or his heirs to the throne, and to the obedience of the people. -- To rights. (a) In a direct line; straight. [R.] Woodward. (b) At once; directly. [Obs. or Collo…
SPECIFICATION n.
article, item, or particular, an allegation of a specific act, as in a charge of official misconduct.
UNHAPPY a.
able or wretched; not happy; sad; sorrowful; as, children render their parents unhappy by misconduct.
WORKMEN'S COMPENSATION ACT n.
w. VII. c. 58 (1906) giving to a workman, except in certain cases of "serious and willful misconduct," a right against his employer to a certain compensation on the mere occurrence of an accident where the common law gives the right only for negligence of the employer.