Misconduct
71police corruption and misconduct — The violation of state and federal laws or the violation of individuals constitutional rights by police officers; also the commission by officers of crimes for personal gain. Dictionary from West s Encyclopedia of American Law. 2005. police… …
72professional misconduct — Conduct of an attorney at law which shows him to be unfit or unsafe to manage the business of others in the capacity of a lawyer. 7 Am J2d Attys § 25. Conduct that tends to bring reproach on the legal profession or to injure it in the favorable… …
73serious misconduct — Improper conduct of a grave and serious nature. Gonier v Chase Co. 97 Conn 46, 115 A 677, 19 ALR 83, 88 (term appearing in workmen s compensation statutes). As the term is used in workmen s compensation acts, Bevan in his work on Workmen s… …
74game misconduct — noun (ice hockey) a penalty that suspends a player for the remainder of a game (but allows the team to send in a substitute for the suspended player) • Topics: ↑ice hockey, ↑hockey, ↑hockey game • Hypernyms: ↑penalty * * * ˈgame misconduct 7 [ …
75marital misconduct — See: fault divorce Category: Divorce & Family Law → Divorce, Child Support & Custody Nolo’s Plain English Law Dictionary. Gerald N. Hill, Kathleen Thompson Hill. 2009 …
76serious professional misconduct — the offence committed by certain professionals within their own code that justifies sanctions, including striking from their professional register. The most frequently encountered usage is in connection with the discipline of medical doctors by… …
77affirmative misconduct — n. A deliberate act done by someone who knows it is wrong; deliberately misrepresenting a fact or concealing a fact. The Essential Law Dictionary. Sphinx Publishing, An imprint of Sourcebooks, Inc. Amy Hackney Blackwell. 2008 …
78willful and wanton misconduct — n. Conduct that displays an intentional disregard of one’s legal duties or of the safety of others. The Essential Law Dictionary. Sphinx Publishing, An imprint of Sourcebooks, Inc. Amy Hackney Blackwell. 2008 …
79prosecutorial misconduct — n. An illegal act or failing to act, on the part of a prosecutor, especially an attempt to sway the jury to wrongly convict a defendant or to impose a harsher than appropriate punishment. Webster s New World Law Dictionary. Susan Ellis Wild. 2000 …
80accuse of misconduct — index impeach Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …
